Journalism
Siddiqui studied journalism in college and graduated from the University of Miami in 2003 with a degree in English and Communication. After graduation, he moved to Indianapolis, Indiana and worked for Islamic Horizons Magazine in Plainfield as an assistant editor and then to Chicago, Illinois for a time as reporting fellow with Northwestern University's Academy for Alternative Journalism and the Chicago Reader in 2004. He has also freelanced for The Miami Herald and The Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, including helping to cover the local Muslim community reaction to the Sept. 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks. His efforts to improv local news coverage of the Muslim community at this time was covered by the Miami New Times. He was also a section editor for the nationally syndicated Muslim community newspaper The Muslim Observer, covering the South Florida area.
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