Saleemah Abdul Ghafur is committed to advancing gender equity and creating safe, nurturing spaces in American Muslim communities. In 2004, she partici
Patricia Dunn holds a master of fine arts degree in writing from Sarah Lawrence College where she also teaches creative writing. Her fiction has appea
Dekha Ibrahim Abdi was an internationally acclaimed conflict resolver and peace activist. In 1992, Dekha, with a concerned group, began to organize m
Anisa Abd el Fattah was born in 1955 into a “family of Baptist ministers.”1 When her parents divorced, she began attending Catholic schools. She c
Faghmeda Miller was the first Muslim woman in South Africa to publicly disclose her status as a person infected with HIV.1 Since making that decision
Tayebeh “Leila” Asadi is a project manager at the Aid Facilitator Insititute. The Institute aims to empower women and other vulnerable groups thro
Sarah Hashwani was a bright student from an early age, and graduated from Islamabad International School with honors in 1998. She moved out of her nat
Mukhtaran Mai is now a leading example for women is her native country and around the world. Since becoming a survivor of gang-rape as an honor reveng
