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Christina Safiya Tobias-Nahi

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Known For: Director of Public Affairs, Islamic Relief USA
Country: United States

About

Christina Safiya Tobias-Nahi was recently appointed Director of Orphan Nutrition for the Joint Council on International Children’s Services near Washington, D.C. She has been an advocate for the cause of orphans in Islam for over a decade. Prior to her current position, she spent nearly five years as Director of Public Affairs for Islamic Relief USA, where she was responsible for governmental affairs and interfaith coalition building. In 2011, she was chosen by Oxfam to be a Sisters on the Planet Ambassador.

Ms. Tobias-Nahi has taught comparative religion and religion and politics at Tufts University, where she participated in setting up an interfaith youth program. She also worked for numerous years with the Civil Rights Project and Islamic Legal Studies Program at Harvard University.

Ms. Tobias-Nahi’s published works include co-authored chapters in Invisible Children in the Society and the Schools (2003, 2007 Lawrence Erlbaum); Educating the Muslims of America (2009, Oxford University Press); and Muslim Voices in School: Narratives of Identity and Pluralism (set to be reprinted in 2011). She also wrote a post-9/11 reflective piece for the Boston Globe and a feature story on a Muslimah running for office - a topic derived from the 2009 WISE Conference - for Azizah Magazine in 2009.

Ms. Tobias-Nahi received an MA in International Relations from the Boston University-Paris Overseas Graduate Center and lived in France for many years. She also pursued a Master of Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is currently raising two lively bicultural pre-teens.

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