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Sarah Khan

photo of Sarah Khan Photo courtesy of Sarah Khan.

Known For: Program Director of Maitri
Country: United States

About

Sara Khan is the Director of Inspire, an award winning British Muslim consultancy that encourages Muslim women to reach their full potential in life. Inspire aims to bring about positive social change within Muslim communities and in wider society.

Ms. Khan has over 18 years experience of working with Muslim communities and had a leadership role on a number of innovative projects, which included leadership training, capacity building, women’s rights and the role Muslim women can play in countering extremism.  In 2002 Ms. Khan was elected President for a national Muslim Women’s youth organization. In March 2009, Sara was selected for the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s Top 100 Muslim Women Power List.  After the 7/7 bombings, Ms. Khan sat on the Home Office’s Tackling Extremism and Radicalization Working Group. Inspire is one of the few organizations in the UK that delivers training to women on counter-narratives to extremist ideology. In June 2011, Inspire organized a two day conference, “Speaking in God’s Name: Re-examining Gender in Islam” and also launched “Jihad Against Violence UK” in partnership with ASMA and the Global Muslim Women’s Shura Council, receiving international media coverage.

Ms. Khan holds an MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights and also has a Masters in Pharmacy.

Sources

Maitri - History.

Maitri- Non-Profit Association helping South Asian Women facing domestic violence, family crisis or conflict. Web. 16 Nov. 2009.

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