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Zainab Iqbal

Zainab Iqbal

Zainab is a staff reporter at Bklyner who sometimes writes poetry in her free time || zainab@bklyner.com
Sep
15
Don’t Forget To Get Your Flu Shot!

Don’t Forget To Get Your Flu Shot!

Dr. Dave A. Chokshi urges everyone to get a flu shot. (Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)BROOKLYN – This year,
2 min read
Sep
15
Tuesday Crime Blotter: Robberies, Arrests & Forcible Touching

Tuesday Crime Blotter: Robberies, Arrests & Forcible Touching

BEDFORD STUYVESANT – Cops are looking for a man who allegedly sexually harassed a woman last week. On Monday, September 7
4 min read
Sep
14
Five-Alarm Fire Injures 12 Firefighters And Displaces 4 Families In Dyker Heights

Five-Alarm Fire Injures 12 Firefighters And Displaces 4 Families In Dyker Heights

It took over 4 hours to battle the five-alarm fire. (Photo: FDNY)DYKER HEIGHTS  – A five-alarm fire ripped through three
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Sep
11
Free Backpacks & School Supplies Giveaway On Sept. 12 & 13

Free Backpacks & School Supplies Giveaway On Sept. 12 & 13

The BacktoSchool Giveaway last year when there was no pandemic, and social distancing wasn’t required. (Photo via YM Brooklyn,
4 min read
Sep
11
EXCLUSIVE: NYCHA Tenant Leaders Endorse Crystal Hudson For City Council

EXCLUSIVE: NYCHA Tenant Leaders Endorse Crystal Hudson For City Council

Hudson (left) at the Atlantic Terminal Houses NYCHA development. (Photo via Hudson’s campaign)BROOKLYN – Tenant leaders from four New
3 min read
Sep
11
Remembering September 11, 2001

Remembering September 11, 2001

Coney Island Beach. (Photo: Erica Price/Bklyner)Today marks 19 years when planes were hijacked and struck into the Twin
3 min read
Sep
11
Three People Shot, One Killed In Brownsville

Three People Shot, One Killed In Brownsville

Cops believe the suspects fled in two cars, including this one.BROWNSVILLE – Cops are looking for suspects who shot three
2 min read
Sep
10
This Week So Far: Covid-19 In Schools, Century 21 Closing, 2021 Elections

This Week So Far: Covid-19 In Schools, Century 21 Closing, 2021 Elections

COVID-19 testing outreach workers in Sunset Park last month. (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)CENSUS: You have until September
5 min read
Sep
09
Brooklyn Historical Society Launches ‘Muslims In Brooklyn’ Online

Brooklyn Historical Society Launches ‘Muslims In Brooklyn’ Online

Artwork for Muslims in Brooklyn. (Drawing by Mohammed Fayaz, with permission from BHS)BROOKLYN – In order to bring to life
2 min read
Sep
09
Alejandra Caraballo Runs For City Council To Uplift All In The Community

Alejandra Caraballo Runs For City Council To Uplift All In The Community

Alejandra Caraballo. (Photo via Caraballo’s campaign)PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Alejandra Caraballo, 29, announced yesterday her run for City Council in
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