Thamine Nayeem

Thamine Nayeem is a multimedia content creator who believes stories are a means of bridging different realities. She currently makes daily news videos at AJ+, a part of Al Jazeera, covering a range of stories – from the family separation crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border to the deadly wildfires in Greece. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Richmond with a B.A. in English Literature. Thamine was a finalist in the 2016 Study Abroad Film Festival for her video “I Choose Openness,” on the reconciliation of complex intersectional identities. She thinks her semester in Morocco was deeply transformative and hopes more low-income, first-gen college students will be able to benefit from studying abroad.