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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
Dec
17
60 City Council Candidates Promise To Support Free & Fully Funded CUNY

60 City Council Candidates Promise To Support Free & Fully Funded CUNY

Broken ceilings at Brooklyn College. (Photo via the cuny_brokelyn_college Instagram page, which highlights broken facilities on the CUNY
3 min read
Dec
16
Thank You For Your Service: 8 Nursing Staff Members Student Debt To Be Paid Off

Thank You For Your Service: 8 Nursing Staff Members Student Debt To Be Paid Off

The Brooklyn Hospital Center. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Eight nursing staff members at The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC)
5 min read
Dec
15
Snow Advisory For Tomorrow: No Outdoor Dining, ASP Suspended & All Remote Learning

Snow Advisory For Tomorrow: No Outdoor Dining, ASP Suspended & All Remote Learning

Snow squall on Cortelyou, December 18, 2020. Liena Zagare/BklynerBROOKLYN – Get ready for lots of snow! New York City is
2 min read
Dec
14
Man Indicted for Sex Trafficking Of A 15-Year-Old Girl In East NY

Man Indicted for Sex Trafficking Of A 15-Year-Old Girl In East NY

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1 min read
Dec
11
Masbia Soup Kitchen Celebrates The First Night Of Hanukkah

Masbia Soup Kitchen Celebrates The First Night Of Hanukkah

Lighting the menorah. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)MIDWOOD – Happy Hanukkah! The eight-day Festival of Lights, which began at sundown last
3 min read
Dec
10
Remembering Dr. Ahmad Jaber, One Of Bay Ridge’s Greatest

Remembering Dr. Ahmad Jaber, One Of Bay Ridge’s Greatest

Dr. Ahmad Jaber. (Photo: Joey O’Loughlin, Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.)BAY RIDGE – One of the
7 min read
Dec
10
Brooklyn Student Wins College Scholarship

Brooklyn Student Wins College Scholarship

Laura Rendon Albarracin at her internship at the Whitney Museum.Laura Rendon Albarracin, 19, is a freshman at St. Joseph’
4 min read
Dec
09
It’s Snowing In Brooklyn & Lots Of Other News

It’s Snowing In Brooklyn & Lots Of Other News

The Diocese of Brooklyn and DeSales Media Group lit a 35-foot Christmas tree in more than 14,000 lights on
3 min read
Dec
09
23 Progressive Women Endorse Brad Lander For Comptroller

23 Progressive Women Endorse Brad Lander For Comptroller

Brad Lander. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – A group of 23 progressive women from across the city just endorsed Council
3 min read
Dec
07
Suspended Attorney Charged With Stealing Deeds To Brooklyn Homes Worth $7.8 Million

Suspended Attorney Charged With Stealing Deeds To Brooklyn Homes Worth $7.8 Million

Photo by Bill Oxford [https://unsplash.com/@bill_oxford?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText]
3 min read