Building a SWANA ecosystem on dance floors and beyond

Founded in 2018, the collective Laylit emerged from a time of urgency and frustration as the first Trump presidency furthered negative stereotypes of immigrant communities and endangered the future of Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) diasporic communities through policies such as the Muslim ban. Desiring a platform to express their identities unapologetically, the founders […]
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