Inspired by Malala: Local Muslim Women Discuss Activism, Community, & Islamophobia

Inspired by the courage of young Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai to speak up for equal rights of women and girls, this panel brought together local Bay Area Muslim women leaders to discuss Muslim women’s agency and activism on September 12, 2013. Panelists include Samina Ali in conversation with Zahra Billoo, Executive Director for the Council of American Islamic Relations San Francisco Bay Area; Ameena Jandali, co-founder of Islamic Networks Group; Ayesha Mattu, writer and co-editor of the anthology, Love, Inshallah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women; and Nuri Nusrat of the National Council on Crime & Delinquency’s Restorative Justice Project.