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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
Jun
27
Naseem Khan Alizai Keeps The Tradition Of Gold Jewelry Alive

Naseem Khan Alizai Keeps The Tradition Of Gold Jewelry Alive

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerLITTLE PAKISTAN – Naseem Khan Alizai for the last 28 years has spent his days selling gold jewelry
6 min read
Jun
27
Suspect Pushed Elderly Woman And Stole Her Necklace

Suspect Pushed Elderly Woman And Stole Her Necklace

MIDWOOD – Cops need help searching for a man that pushed and yanked a necklace off an elderly woman earlier this
1 min read
Jun
24
Meet Kayla Santosuosso, Justin Brannan’s New Deputy Chief Of Staff

Meet Kayla Santosuosso, Justin Brannan’s New Deputy Chief Of Staff

Kayla Santosuosso via Jordan Rathkopf/Rathkopf Photography.BAY RIDGE – Kayla Santosuosso does not eat pizza with a fork. Want a
5 min read
Jun
21
Building Bridges Between Muslim and Orthodox Jewish Communities in Southern Brooklyn, or How Jabaran Saved Shabbos

Building Bridges Between Muslim and Orthodox Jewish Communities in Southern Brooklyn, or How Jabaran Saved Shabbos

Jabaran Akram. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)MIDWOOD – Jabaran Akram, 22, was born in Brooklyn, the third of eight children of
4 min read
Jun
20
A New Restaurant Is Taking Over Beharry Roti Spot

A New Restaurant Is Taking Over Beharry Roti Spot

Beharry Roti, Liena Zagare/BkynerDITMAS PARK – A new restaurant will be opening in Ditmas Park, though we don’t know
1 min read
Jun
20
Free Photography Classes For Sunset Park Teenagers

Free Photography Classes For Sunset Park Teenagers

A young photographer in Tamazulapam taking a class. (Photo via Direct Impact Coalition)SUNSET PARK – Eight teenagers will get the
2 min read
Jun
19
UPDATE: Man Who Wrote “Kill Arabs” & “Muslims Suck” On P.S. 52 Doors Was Arrested

UPDATE: Man Who Wrote “Kill Arabs” & “Muslims Suck” On P.S. 52 Doors Was Arrested

UPDATE: On Wednesday, June 19, 55-year-old Alan Tatten was arrested and charged with Aggravated Harassment 2nd Hate Crime and Criminal
2 min read
Jun
18
Bed-Stuy Man Dies After Being Shot In Chest

Bed-Stuy Man Dies After Being Shot In Chest

128 Lewis Avenue. (Photo via Google Maps)BEDFORD STUYVESANT – Rasheed Bennett, 31, has died after being shot in the chest
1 min read
Jun
17
Hateful Flyers Hijack Southern Brooklyn’s District Leader Race

Hateful Flyers Hijack Southern Brooklyn’s District Leader Race

BAY RIDGE – The race for District Leader in the 46th Assembly District is underway and so are hateful attacks. Last
4 min read
Jun
17
“Kill Arabs” Written At Sheepshead Bay Bus Shelter

“Kill Arabs” Written At Sheepshead Bay Bus Shelter

Photo via Deutsch’s office.SHEEPSHEAD BAY – The words “Kill Arabs” were spray-painted on a B44 bus shelter on Avenue
3 min read