Featured People of Interest
Muslim or Islam-related personalities and their stories
Maram Hozien, EMT
Wayne NJ
Muslim first responders worked through the First COVID-19 wave while observing Ramadan. Read more about their story HERE
Ibtihaj Muhammad
2016 US Team Olympic Medalist - Fencing
To learn more about Ibtihaj and her achievements, visit her website HERE
Halima Aden
Somali Muslim Model
Read about here story of giving up her career to uphold here religious beliefs HERE
Noam Chomsky
Philosopher, linguist
Chomsky's work, stands, and life, all explicitly and possibly implicitly, identify with generally accepted human principles that, for the most part, happen to be in line with Islamic principles. His work, stands, and life devotion have also touched people in general including, in one way or the other, Muslims. For a more direct resource on Chomsky, click HERE
Dalia Mogahed
Research Director, Institute for social policy and understanding
Dalia, MBA, has been mainly involved in social research and statistics, especially focusing on the Muslim population. To visit her institute's site, Click
Rana Dajani
Molecular Biologist, Radcliff Institute, Harvard University
Rana has recently focused on the role of women in science.
Read more about Rana HERE
G. Willow Wilson
Comic writer, Journalist
Works include "The Bird King" (2019) & "The Butterfly Mosque" (2012)
Ibrahim Uzdemir
Environmentalist, Philosopher
wrote about ecology in Islam
Dr. Recep Senturk
Sociologist, Educator
President of Ibn Khaldun University
Aisha Sindhu
DO
Radiology Resident
with special interests in her career, family, and fashion simultaneously.
(see her video about her COVID vaccine experience, in video of the week)
Her Blog
Omar Qureshi
Scholar, Provost
Zaytuna College
Khulood Al-Faquih
First Female Shari'a Judge (Featured in the Emmy-nominated documentary "The Judge"
Dr. Nour Akhras
Physician
Has video on vaccines
in selected video section
Dr. Asif Hirani
Scholar
Business Admin, Fashion Design, Islamic Studies
Yousef En Nesyri
World cup scorer
Morroco
Tricia Pethic
Muslim Chaplaincy
Sadiq Khan
Mayor of London
Dr. katherine Bullock
Author
Dr. Rania Awwad
Professor of Psychiatry
Ann El Muslimany
Author, Teacher
Botanist
Haifaa Younis, MD
OB/GYN
Scholar
Iqbal Al Assaad, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist
Dr. Maha Al Rabbat
Professor, Public Health
Cairo U
Taimiyyah Zubair
Specialist
Quran, Tafseer, and word analysis
Dr. Islem Rekik
Professor, Electronic Engineer
Neuro-imaging
Amina Jane Mohammed
Deputy Secretary _ General of the United Nations
Jamila Thompkins-Bigelow
Educator
Author of children's books
Zainab Bint Younus
Writer
Grassroots Activist
Rowaida Abdel Aziz
Journalist
Heba Masood
Author
Meenak Malik
Author, Teacher
Dawud Omar
Author / Teacher
Philosophy
Hena Zuberi
Human Rights Activist
Author
Sarah Sultan
Counselor
LMHC
Samah Bayazid
Filmmaker
Saadia Yunus
LMC
Family Therapist
Dr. Mervat Nassef
Allergy
Immunology
Furhan Zubairi
Author
Sh Khalid Yasin
Preacher
Activist
Dr. Intisar A Rab
Lawyer
Professor
Zainab Bint Al Kamal - The Maqdisi (of Jerusalem) 7thth Cent (H)
Muhaddithah - Extraordinary Teacher Lived 94 years, never married