- Royce Fellowship
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Mahasin plans to investigate the transformation of Nation of Islam under the leadership of Warith Deen into a fast-growing interracial, religious, political and economic movement. He will examine the change through interviews with converts to Nation of Islam ideology.
Mahasin Abuwi Aleem is an information enthusiast passionate about public libraries and their role in democratizing knowledge. He is working for Oakland Public Library, while also earning a Masters in Library and Information Science at San Jose State University. In 2016 he was recognized as an American Library Association Spectrum Scholar and also received the California Library Association's Begun Scholarship for his demonstrated commitment to becoming a youth services librarian in a California public library.