Yasmin Bendaas grew up in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in an Iranian-Algerian household, which was less confusing than it could have been. She studied anthropology at Wake Forest University and science & medical journalism at UNC Chapel Hill. The most meaningful work she’s completed has been in Algeria with reporting for AlJazeera, Reuters and the Pulitzer Center. Breaking from straight news, Yasmin now works at ICON as a proposal writer for global clinical trials. She couldn’t have made this podcast without the contributions of the people listed here. You can follow her @yasminbendaas.
Six years later, Chapel Hill murders continue to resonate in polarized nation
Raleigh, North Carolina (WRAL) Six years ago Wednesday, three Muslim college students were gunned down in their Chapel Hill home.
Deah Barakat, 23, his wife, Yusor Abu-Salha, 21, and her sister, Razan Abu-Salha, 19, were killed on Feb. 10, 2015, by neighbor Craig Stephen Hicks in what prosecutors and the victims’ relatives called a hate crime against Muslims.
“A lot of people remember it like it was yesterday. For me, I feel like it was lifetimes ago,” said Farris Barakat, Deah Barakat’s brother.
Farris Barakat has worked hard to correct details of the shooting, which Chapel Hill police initially attributed to a parking dispute at the complex where Hicks and the three students lived.