ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA 53RD ANNUAL CONVENTION TURNING POINTS: NAVIGATING CHALLENGES, SEIZING OPPORTUNITIES Speakers’ Biographies SEPTEMBER 2 – 5, 2016 DONALD E. STEPHENS CONVENTION CENTER 9291 BRYN MAWR AVE • ROSEMONT, ILLINOIS www.isna.net Speaker Bio Book ISNA 53rd Annual Convention 2016 Rafik Beekun .................................................... 11 Table of Contents Ghalib Begg ...................................................... 11 Farha Abbasi ....................................................... 4 Khalid Beydoun ................................................ 12 Umar F. Abd-Allah .............................................. 4 Zahra Billoo ...................................................... 12 Nazeeh Abdul-Hakeem ....................................... 4 Kamran Bokhari ................................................ 12 Jamiah Adams ..................................................... 4 Maher Budeir ................................................... 12 Atiya Aftab .......................................................... 5 Rukhsana Chaudhry ......................................... 13 Kiran Ahmad ....................................................... 5 Rabia Chaudry .................................................. 13 Ambreen Ahmed ................................................ 5 Owaiz Dadabhoy .............................................. 13 Muzammil Ahmed .............................................. 5 Makram El-Amin .............................................. 13 Sameera Ahmed ................................................. 5 Salma Elkadi Abugideiri .................................... 13 Sawssan Ahmed.................................................. 6 Tarek El-Messidi ............................................... 14 Madihha Ahussain .............................................. 6 Sara Elnakib ...................................................... 14 Muhammad A. Alam ........................................... 6 John Esposito ................................................... 14 Abdalla Idris Ali ................................................... 6 Ubaydullah Evans ............................................. 14 Ahmer Ali ............................................................ 7 Dalia Fahmy ...................................................... 15 Salman Ali ........................................................... 7 Yasir Fahmy ...................................................... 15 Salam Al-Maryati ................................................ 7 Mohammed Faris ............................................. 15 Zainab Alwani ..................................................... 7 Tamara Gray ..................................................... 15 Tahani Amer ....................................................... 8 Latifah Hameen ................................................ 16 Tanvir Arfi ........................................................... 8 Hugh Handeyside ............................................. 16 Mazen Asbahi ..................................................... 8 Abdul-Basit Haqq ............................................. 16 Jasser Auda ......................................................... 8 Mehdi Hasan .................................................... 16 Nihad Awad ........................................................ 9 Hesham Hassaballa .......................................... 17 Hussam Ayloush ................................................. 9 Larycia Hawkins ................................................ 17 Azhar Azeez ........................................................ 9 Altaf Husain ...................................................... 17 Sahar Aziz ........................................................... 9 Marium Hussain ............................................... 17 Jamal Badawi .................................................... 10 Rashad Hussain ................................................ 18 Ihsan Bagby ...................................................... 10 Khalid Iqbal ....................................................... 18 Naeem Baig ...................................................... 10 Bushra Islam ..................................................... 18 Hazem Bata ...................................................... 10 Namira Islam .................................................... 18 Afsha Bawany ................................................... 11 Sherman Jackson .............................................. 19 Hatem Bazian ................................................... 11 Ameena Jandali ................................................ 19 1 Speaker Bio Book ISNA 53rd Annual Convention 2016 Abdul Nasir Jangda ........................................... 19 YaQutullah Muhammad ................................... 27 Jamillah Karim .................................................. 19 Ibtihaj Muhammad .......................................... 27 Mohammad Karim ............................................ 20 Precious Rasheeda Muhammad ....................... 27 Saleem Khalid ................................................... 20 Alaa Murabit .................................................... 28 Wardah Khalid .................................................. 20 Zarinah Nadir ................................................... 28 Abdul Khayum Khan ......................................... 20 Rami Nashashibi ............................................... 28 Fahad Khan ....................................................... 21 Ahmad Nassar .................................................. 28 Ghazala Khan .................................................... 21 Mona Negm ..................................................... 29 Khizr Khan ......................................................... 21 Rashed Nizam ................................................... 29 Muqtedar Khan ................................................ 21 Salah Obeidallah............................................... 29 Nouman Ali Khan .............................................. 21 Manal Omar ..................................................... 29 Saeed A. Khan ................................................... 22 Catherine Orsborn ........................................... 30 Samia Khan ....................................................... 22 Reyhana Patel .................................................. 30 Amal Killawi ...................................................... 22 Sajid Patel ......................................................... 30 Amany Killawi ................................................... 22 Maisha Pesante ................................................ 30 Heather Laird-Jackson ...................................... 22 Albert Pless ...................................................... 31 Waliya Lari ........................................................ 23 Muslema Purmul .............................................. 31 Omar Lateef...................................................... 23 Yasir Qadhi ....................................................... 31 Farhan Latif....................................................... 23 Habeeb Quadri ................................................. 31 Khalid Latif ........................................................ 23 Ash-har Quraishi .............................................. 32 Syeda Madani ................................................... 23 Sameera Qureshi .............................................. 32 Hind Makki ....................................................... 24 Rasheed Rabbi .................................................. 32 Mariam Martinez .............................................. 24 Tahera Rahman ................................................ 32 Ingrid Mattson .................................................. 24 Tariq Ramadan ................................................. 32 Sam Miller ........................................................ 24 Kameelah Rashad ............................................. 33 Shabana Mir ..................................................... 25 Ebrahim Rasool ................................................ 33 Dalia Mogahed ................................................. 25 Sabeeha Rehman ............................................. 33 Sabina Mohammed .......................................... 25 Sonia Rehman .................................................. 34 Sohaib Mohiuddin ............................................ 26 Hamid Rezapour ............................................... 34 Farrukh Mohsen ............................................... 26 Mansoor Sabree ............................................... 34 Hadia Mubarak ................................................. 26 Abdulaziz Sachedina ......................................... 34 Humaira Mubeen ............................................. 26 Taher Saif ......................................................... 34 Bahiyyah Muhammad ...................................... 27 Maryum Saifee ................................................. 35 2 Speaker Bio Book ISNA 53rd Annual Convention 2016 Ayaz Samadani ................................................. 35 Marwa Zohdy ................................................... 43 Lori Saroya ........................................................ 35 Adnan Zulfiqar .................................................. 43 Linda Sarsour .................................................... 35 Shahid Shah .....................................................