Unfazed by homestay giants, a new app wants to help you find longer-term Muslim roommates
Two young Americans have launched a new app designed to help people find Muslim roommates, at a time when industry players are uncertain of the appeal of halal homestays in the shadow of a global giant like Airbnb.
MuslimBunk officially launched December 1 last year after two months of “extensive” testing, 22-year-old co-founder Umair Hafez told Salaam Gateway.
The final-year computer science undergraduate at the University of Texas at Arlington started MuslimBunk with 24-year-old co-founder Uzair Kaleem, a recent mechanical engineering graduate who now works for United Airlines.
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