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She is a potter and multimedia artist who creates functional pottery, sculpture, and socially engaged artwork centering Muslims, Islam, and Islamophobia. Alison was the Director of the Challenge Islamophobia Project from 2017-2019, where she wrote lesson plans and shared them with teachers throughout the country. From 2020-2022, Alison was a fundraiser who raised over $15 million to support activists fighting the criminalization of Muslims and other communities as justification for the Global War on Terror. You can read more about her work at 786arts.com and on IG @786Arts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/c7c09b96-5d91-474e-9445-29e990c99079/sabrina-in-yellow2.jpg About - Storytelling Facilitator, Mental Health Expert and Healer Dr. Sabrina N’Diaye is an integrative psychotherapist and founder of the Heart Nest Center for Peace and Healing in Baltimore. She received her PhD in Mind-Body Medicine, specializing in the use of complementary and alternative interventions for physical, emotional, and spiritual growth. 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Abdulaleem - Rahmah A. Abdulaleem Rahmah A. Abdulaleem is the Executive Director of KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights where she works to create a global network of advocates knowledgeable about the gender-equitable principles of Islam and are able to advance the cause of Muslim women’s rights in legal and social environments. As KARAMAH’s Executive Director, she works with scholars to empower advocates about the rights Islamic law grants to women and to educate Muslim women in Islamic jurisprudence, leadership, and conflict resolution so that they may become the leading agents of change within their communities. Ms. Abdulaleem has coordinated and presented at educational and civil rights programs around the world. https://www.99clayvessels.com/tasleem-firdausee daily 0.75 2021-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/1631283553204-F7X94SM0WI3HQC8XUDYQ/Tasleem+Firdausee.jpg Tasleem Firdausee - Tasleem Firdausee Tasleem "Jamila" Firdausee' is a multidisciplinary artist, educator, and holistic health consultant who uses heart-centered poetic storytelling to examine the intersections of culture, spirituality, and indigenous holistic healing modalities. Tasleem is the founder of My Soul Speaks Institute, Firdausee Consulting, and Art As Sacred initiative (www.artassacred.com). She has dedicated her life to teaching people traveling across the US, Africa, Europe, and Canada leading national and international healing retreats, facilitating cultural competency workshops, lectures, and performances at universities, K-12 schools, festivals, and cafes. Her latest book, Black Baptist Muslim Mystic, has received excellent reviews and is used in classrooms across the US. In addition, she recently released a new album, Activated in 2021, which is her second studio album. Tasleem is currently a Ph.D. student and has a Master of Arts in Spirituality, Culture & Health and a graduate certification in Holistic Approaches to Mindfulness from Western Michigan University. Her research focused on highlighting the multiple world religious and spiritual traditions to work and assist diverse communities. She also holds certifications as a yoga teacher, certified energy therapist, and certificate in holistic health nutrition and obtained a bachelor's degree in Complementary and Alternative Health. https://www.99clayvessels.com/alison-kysia daily 0.75 2023-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/1631290541068-X9GPEBA8U8ERY40P4IH4/Alison+Kysia Alison Kysia - Alison Kysia Alison Kysia is the creator of 99 Clay Vessels: The Muslim Women Storytelling Project. She is a ceramic sculptor and potter whose work centers Muslims, Islam, and Islamophobia. You can read more about her at 786arts.com, on IG @786Arts and LinkedIn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/1631290718692-UCNQLAJCUH4TZ45FAX6M/jugular+vein Alison Kysia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.99clayvessels.com/kelly-izdihar-crosby daily 0.75 2022-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/1631280957682-JSM7WNGE6C4IXI6IVIJT/Kelly+Crosby+Head+Shot.jpg Kelly Izdihar Crosby - Kelly Crosby Kelly Crosby is an artist and freelance writer A New Orleans native, she obtained her bachelor’s degree (2002) and master’s degree (2007) in arts administration from the University of New Orleans. She has shown her artwork in various art venues throughout the United States, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates. In 2018, she was a Sacred Cypher Creative resident artist for the Inner Muslim Action Network in Chicago, Illinois. Her first solo exhibition, “Living the Legacy: The Three Evils” was featured at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights. She is currently living in Atlanta, Georgia and manages her online business where she sells her original works, prints, and merchandise. She is also contributing writer for Halal Consumer magazine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/1631281056871-4DAX1V4KG8VRFR3Y3XN9/Kelly+Crosby+Empty+Womb+with+question+mark.png Kelly Izdihar Crosby - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.99clayvessels.com/maryam-abdul-kareem daily 0.75 2021-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/1631282174259-LVF7W0XXSQRBMHAYNJKG/Maryam+Abdul-Kareem+Headshot.jpg Maryam Abdul-Kareem - Maryam Abdul-Kareem Maryam Abdul-Kareem is the daughter of Amina and a seeker of truth and justice. She is a believer in righteous anger and the peace that comes with the remembrance of Allah (God). She is an AMAL fellow with the Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative, a racial equity and justice advisor with Justice for Muslims Collective, and an antiracism and racial justice educator. Maryam speaks on and facilitates workshops on racial justice, antiracism, and racial equity. She is a student of abolition and heartwork - imagining, building, and nurturing spaces of faith, safety and care. https://www.99clayvessels.com/fatemeh-hosseini daily 0.75 2022-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/1631005604793-X510EWAUHO5NZM2C6TLO/Fatemeh+Hosseini+headshot.jpeg Fatemeh Hosseini - Fatemeh Hosseini Fatemeh Hosseini is an educator who uses the power of history to rethink the world we live in and to strive for a more just future. She works in higher education as a faculty and administrator and enjoys spending time with her kids, graffiti, and modern art in her free time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/1631006065206-40CITJD4ZASGA35C7LQG/Fatemeh+Hosseini.jpg Fatemeh Hosseini - Make it stand out Board in hospital room where Maryam Fatema Mohseni-Hosseini entered the world. https://www.99clayvessels.com/madinah-wilson-anton daily 0.75 2021-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/1631281464013-HU23EZIK4KP8G8HK08OA/Madinah+Wilson-Anton+Official+Headshot+2021.jpg Madinah Wilson-Anton - Madinah Wilson-Anton Representative Madinah Wilson-Anton grew up in the Muslim community of Newark, Delaware, where she lives with her husband, mother, and sisters. She is an alumna of the University of Delaware and holds a bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Asian Studies. She has formally studied Arabic, Chinese, French, and Spanish. While in college, Rep. Wilson-Anton was actively involved in several campus organizations where she held leadership positions, including the Muslim Student Association and Students for Justice in Palestine. She worked for three years as a legislative staffer in the Delaware General Assembly where she did policy research, staffed committee meetings, communicated with residents, and helped them with a variety of issues. This experience gave her first-hand exposure to the issues and concerns of her fellow community members. As a state representative, Rep. Wilson-Anton is fighting for social, economic, and racial justice for all Delawareans. Rep. Wilson-Anton was the first Muslim elected to serve in the Delaware General Assembly. https://www.99clayvessels.com/shimul-chowdhury daily 0.75 2021-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/1631283232581-OBVNRUJZ1CCRYBAPVIJ6/Shimul+Chowdhury+headshot.jpg Shimul Chowdhury - Shimul Chowdhury Shimul Chowdhury is a Muslim Bangladeshi-American artist residing in South Florida. She is a professor of Digital Arts and Creative Technologies at Florida SouthWestern State College as well as art director at Mipsterz, a Muslim arts and culture collective striving to define the idea of Muslim Futurism. Her recent work aims to record and share the lived experiences of Muslims in the U.S. through textile craft, dialogue, and participation. Outside of her art practice, she is also passionate about teaching, playing video games, and knitting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/1631348957126-EPGIOI2M0ULSGI0YM80F/Shimul+noise.gif Shimul Chowdhury - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.99clayvessels.com/dr-sabrina-ndiaye daily 0.75 2022-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/1631282727725-7PQLBMBFIKT5QRRTB6AQ/sabrina+in+yellow.png Dr. Sabrina N’Diaye - Dr. Sabrina N’Diaye Dr. Sabrina N’Diaye began her career as a Social Worker in the New York City foster care system, where she served as a therapist in a residential treatment/educational facility. Over the years, she has served underserved populations in public schools, community mental health, and addictions programs. She is currently an integrative psychotherapist and founder of the Heart Nest Center for Peace and Healing in Baltimore, Maryland. There, she lovingly serves women, couples, other healers, and small groups. Her approach to healing is a blend of wisdom, science, and ancient spiritual practices. She is a proud senior faculty member of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine, where she teaches the art of self- care to healthcare professionals around the globe. As Center faculty, she has responded to community-wide trauma, mass shootings and natural disasters. She has served the Center as a teacher and guide for Muslim community leaders in East Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. In 2012, she became a student of Sidi Muhammad al-Jamal, a healer and peacebuilder from Jerusalem. Sabrina has committed her life to continuing the sacred Sufi teachings of peace, love, justice, mercy, and freedom. She is currently completing her first book, The Laugh of Love, based on her maternal grandmother’s ability to transcend multiple traumas and chronic illness. Dr. Sabrina is a devoted wife, mother, daughter, and life-long learner, who remains humbled by the healing power of compassion, love and forgiveness. https://www.99clayvessels.com/sasa-aakil daily 0.75 2022-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/1631282950779-2QYX9N2D7ZIPKMA81K7V/Sasa+Aakil+Headshot.png Sasa Aakil - Sasa Aakil Sasa Aakil is an 18 year old multi-media artist, writer, and the 2021 Montgomery County Youth Poet Laureate. She is a potter, painter, poet, print maker, and bassist. Her work on the A Man Was Lynched Yesterday Project has been featured in the Washington Post, as well as on WTOP’s COLORS Podcast in November of 2020. She has won numerous awards in writing and has been published in I Am The Night Sky and Other Reflections by Muslim American Youth in 2019. She has performed on Millennium Stage a number of times, most recently November of 2019. Her work can also be found in the 2018 Scholastic Best Teen Writing anthology. She has been active in the DC art community since age 13 and is now pursuing a degree in Fine Arts at Montgomery County Community College with hopes of transferring to an HBCU. Sasa is also a brown belt in Tung Su Do and a frequent maker of mistakes. Information about her visual and written work can be found on her website at www.sasaaakil.com. https://www.99clayvessels.com/homayra-ziad daily 0.75 2023-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/1631280413025-Z4G2VFKNWE8YLYBSXZKE/Headshot+Commons.jpg Homayra Ziad - Homayra Zaid Homayra Ziad is the Director of the Program in Islamic Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Homayra is Board Vice President of the ACLU of Maryland. She has twenty years of experience in interreligious education and is co-editor of Words to Live By: Sacred Sources for Interreligious Engagement. The Program in Islamic Studies at JHU was the fiscal sponsor of the 99 Clay Vessels Project in the first year of the project and we thank them for their support. https://www.99clayvessels.com/linda-howard daily 0.75 2022-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/1631281245550-DXZ6BG8A8FE5V5A397AU/lindahoward2_9104+cropped.jpeg Linda Howard - Linda Howard Linda is a multi-faceted individual with over 35 years of professional experience. Her career path, engagement with diverse audiences (domestically and abroad), and passion for social and corporate responsibility have made her a leading voice on diversity, equality, inclusion, and multicultural competency. She is committed to aligning corporate responsibility, inclusion, and compliance/ethics with business and organizational goals. She is a skillful communicator with the ability to deliver challenging messages with compassion, transparency, and strength in the boardroom, on the front lines, and in public statements. She has spoken and consulted in Africa, the Middle East, and throughout the United States and frequently writes on ethics and equity issues. https://www.99clayvessels.com/okolo-rashid daily 0.75 2022-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/8b40c898-f8ce-4339-9602-4a244402744b/Okolo%27s+Photo+Asim3.JPG OKOLO RASHID - OKOLO RASHID OKOLO RASHID was born in Mississippi , the daughter of sharecroppers, and grew up in America’s turbulent era of overt racism and segregation. She has, thus, been a life-long advocate of human dignity, social and economic justice, and racial harmony. After graduating from Hinds Junior College (now Hinds Community College) in 1970, among the handful of African Americans who integrated it, and earning degrees in economics and public policy at Tougaloo College and Jackson State University, respectively, Okolo has had a varied career. A community activist, organizer, and historic preservation advocate, she has worked primarily with inner-city communities and grassroots organizations, for much of her life. Okolo is currently President and Co-founder of the International Museum of Muslim Cultures (IMMC) . She is also the founder and director of IMMC’s Islamic Thought Institute . IMMC is American’s first Muslim Museum, which opened in Jackson, Mississippi, April 2001. It was through Okolo ’s vision that IMMC was born—a vision that comprises activism and an inclusive world view where human dignity, individual worth, and freedom are core values. In January 2004 Okolo and her husband, Sababu, traveled to the Republic of Mali, West Africa, where they negotiated a partnership with the Mamma Haidara Memorial Library of Timbuktu. Through this partnership they were successful in bringing back ancient manuscripts from Timbuktu for the groundbreaking international, one-of-a-kind Legacy of Timbuktu Exhibition, to Jackson, Mississippi, and America. Okolo and Sababu are very active in the Metro Jackson Islamic and interfaith communities. Okolo was featured in two books: The Face Behind the Veil: The Extraordinary Lives of Muslim Women in America , by Donna Gekrke-White in 2006; and Liberating Minds Liberating Society: Black Women in the Development of American Culture and Society, edited by Lopez D. Matthews, Jr. and Kenvi C. Phillips in 2014. Living through Mississippi’s turbulent ‘60s, it was in 1976 that Okolo and Sababu embraced Islam and have sought to live out their faith among family, friends, and neighbors, embracing many faith traditions. They have four children: a son, Ismail; three daughters: Khadijah, Maryam, and Aseelah; ten grandchildren, and a great-grandson and daughter. https://www.99clayvessels.com/farah-shakour-bridges daily 0.75 2022-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/300e5e78-c5ad-4108-a3f8-44899bb30dda/Gold.jpg Farah Shakour Bridges - Farah Shakour Bridges Farah Shakour Bridges is a servant leader and spiritual care provider who generates models to support spiritual health, healing, and education. Her mission is to build healthy, sustainable community life through creating restorative, regenerative spaces where individuals, youth, women, and families are heard, valued, and flourishing. Farah has engaged in many community-building efforts in localities and masajid across the country, and in her role as the current president of the International League of Muslim Women of the Nation’s Capital, Inc. She is the co-founder and president of 4B4 Education, an educational and cultural organization promoting inspiring programming for youth and families; and Cultured Pearl Entertainment, a platform that highlights uplifting entertainers of all faith traditions. Farah is a long-time educator and activist with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from UCLA, a master’s degree in Educational Psychology from Howard University and certificates in child and adult education. She is currently pursuing her Doctor of Ministry degree in Spiritual Renewal, Contemplative Care, and Strategic Leadership. She cherishes her greatest role as a mother raising two morally conscientious, upright, intelligent children to adulthood. To renew her spirit, Farah uses her artistry to create original, culturally-inspired garments, housewares, and accessories. She also enjoys comedic writing and performing. She currently resides in Maryland with her family. https://www.99clayvessels.com/fatima-rafie daily 0.75 2021-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/c201dd44-a331-4d86-b9fb-1a49d980f80c/Fatima+Rafie+headshot.jpeg Fatima Rafie - Fatima Rafie Fatima is currently a sophomore at George Mason University pursuing a BS in Chemistry. In 2019 Fatima worked as an artist with ShoutMouse Press and NWMI to publish I Am the Night Sky, a collection of artwork and short stories from Muslim youth in the DMV area. 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Music is a form of cultural expression and for many in the diaspora, it is the only space where multiple identities can be bridged together and you can feel at home. DJ Kiran picked up DJing after following in the footsteps of other Desi women DJs and a way to complement her organizing work. DJ Kiran was part of The Empowerment Album, a collaboration between Desi women DJs from the US, UK, and Canada. Outside of being a DJ, Darakshan is the co-founder and co-director of Justice For Muslims Collective, a power-building organization that focuses on fighting Islamophobia and building power among Muslim communities with a focus on the Greater Washington region. 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Ms. Arman has been instrumental in the development of a transitional housing program for survivors that will provide a safe space that caters to the need of this vulnerable population. https://www.99clayvessels.com/hasnaa-mokhtar daily 0.75 2022-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/9fa1daef-4729-4138-a6a8-96ea5d9aebb6/Photo.jpg Hasnaa Mokhtar - Hasnaa Mokhtar Hasnaa Mokhtar started her tenure as the Director of the Global Village at Douglass Residential College, Rutgers University on March 15, 2022. Prior to this position, Hasnaa was the Postdoctoral Associate at Rutgers University’s Center for Women’s Global Leadership. She holds a Ph.D. from Clark University, and her dissertation is focused on narrative power and the invisible trauma of gendered violence in Kuwait. She is a scholar, researcher, and activist, with expertise in the Arabian Gulf, focusing on narratives of Muslim survivors of gender-based violence. After graduating in 2015 with a M.A. in International Development and Social Change, Hasnaa developed a passion for transdisciplinary approaches to addressing violence in Muslim communities. Hasnaa’s writings have been published in mainstream media such as Fortune and Yahoo and in academic journals such as Feminist Review and Feminist Anthropology. Previously, Hasnaa served as the executive director of the Center for Nonviolent Solutions in Worcester, MA, and more recently as the special program director at Peaceful Families Project. 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She is passionate about the creative process and the end result invoking beauty and inspiring those who are the recipients of her talents. She is originally from Houston, TX, but now resides in Atlanta, GA and has had the opportunity to live in other places such as Raleigh, NC and Phoenix/Scottsdale AZ. Jalá has been singing and performing since the age of 4. She has a background in musical theater/classical training and has several professional recordings that have been in rotation on national radio stations. She writes the majority of her songs and has written songs for other artists that have been selected and ‘placed’ on their albums. The core of her personal songs consists of R&B/Soul music and Spiritual and Inspirational songs. Her goal is to inspire and motivate through her music and have people reflect upon her lyrics. Her most recent musical accomplishment has been to participate in a Motown Themed traveling ensemble and had the opportunity to perform in Las Vegas. 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What inspired her to embark upon opportunities in this industry was based upon her art and design background and she found a new way to express herself through new mediums. 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After graduating from the University of Maryland with a BA in modern languages and linguistics, specializing in secondary education, she began her career as a teacher. She later discovered her passion for creative writing and storytelling and decided to dedicate her efforts to creating unique stories for children. Through Hablamos Islam, she has authored, translated, and/or published more than 15 books. Her poetry is also featured in the Muslim American Writers at Home Anthology published by Freedom Voices Publications. Wendy’s bilingual children's books have been distributed in over a dozen Spanish-speaking countries, while her online children's programming has been viewed in more than 40 countries worldwide. She also works as a freelance writer and translator, and her work is published in various online and print publications. 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As the daughter of Pakistani immigrants and a native Floridian, she witnessed her parents build and dedicate their lives to inclusive Islamic institutions including mosques, schools, and civic organizations throughout her childhood. Following their example, in her time at the University of Miami, she was a founder and President of a student organization that was an inclusive alternative to the existing MSA which was not open to women or diverse Islamic perspectives. After graduating from UM with a degree in Psychobiology, she started her family and dedicated her time to raising her five children. Realizing that a gap existed in women’s leadership opportunities in her local Muslim community, she was one of a group of like-minded women, that established the MWO in 2010. It is a nonprofit dedicated to building the power of and creating inclusive and welcoming spaces for Muslim women. Fatima is also on the Board of Directors of Eid Orlando, an organization dedicated to establishing family-friendly Muslim holiday celebrations. She part of the inaugural cohort for Zakat Foundation Institute’s Muslim Philanthropy and Humanitarian Studies Fellowship program at IUPUI’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. She is now completing her Masters's Degree in Philanthropic studies there to build the nonprofit leadership expertise of Muslim women. 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Additionally, Zuberi runs advocacy efforts on Capitol Hill to stop the Rohingya and Uyghur genocide, and the persecution of Indian Muslims and Kashmiris. A journalist who lovest to tell stories about her community, she anchors the daily Muslim News and hosts the Justice For All Now Show, a talk show on peace and justice on Muslim Network TV. For over a decade, she has written for and run Muslimmatters, an online Islamic magazine read the world over, as the Editor in Chief. Hena has worked as a television news reporter and producer for CNBC Asia and World Television News (now AP News). She is the co-founder of RashidunDC, a community center and food pantry serving DC's most vulnerable population. She received the inauguaral Muslim human rights defender award by Justice For Muslim Collective for her work with marginalized comunities and against CVE Best of all, she is the mother of four of the most wonderful people in the world, whom she has had the honor of parenting and unschooling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/bfd7c0f4-8f2d-4a2e-b5e8-516bd9a1374d/unnamed+%2820%29.jpg Hena Zuberi - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/b861ee38-ca1d-455e-975a-6c2cbdb5c7ff/unnamed+%2821%29.jpg Hena Zuberi - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.99clayvessels.com/clay-said daily 0.75 2022-02-25 https://www.99clayvessels.com/new-page-2 daily 0.75 2022-02-25 https://www.99clayvessels.com/identity daily 0.75 2022-02-10 https://www.99clayvessels.com/muslimah-najeeullah daily 0.75 2022-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/bec6aebd-c583-4b21-bb62-d03840e39ada/Muslimah+Najeeullah+Headshot.jpg Muslimah Najeeullah - Muslimah Najeeullah Muslimah 'Ali, PhD, The Fitness Doc, is a health and fitness expert, group fitness instructor, run coach, community health and science educator. She earned her Ph.D. in Anatomy with a concentration in Neuroscience from Howard University in 2009. Combining her educational training and passion for health and fitness, in 2012, Dr. 'Ali founded "Fit and Healthy You with Dr. 'Ali", a healthy lifestyle platform. Through Fit and Healthy You (FNHY), Dr. ‘Ali offers engaging health literacy programming and interactive fitness workouts through classes, workshops, health fairs, and demonstrations. She facilitates healthy weight loss through in-person group fitness training, as well as virtual group fitness challenges. An avid runner and triathlete; she has trained over 200 women nationwide to safely complete races from 5K to marathons. As a community health advocate Dr. 'Ali works with hospitals, universities, and multi-care facilities to deliver evidence-based health seminars on healthy eating, active living, and chronic disease management. The Fitness Doc delivers expert health, fitness, and nutrition advice nationwide through seminars, published articles, blog posts, and social media. A science educator at heart, Dr. Muslimah is a homeschooling mom of 4, who resides in Baltimore County with her husband and family. https://www.99clayvessels.com/guardian-trees daily 0.75 2022-02-25 https://www.99clayvessels.com/new-page-14 daily 0.75 2022-02-10 https://www.99clayvessels.com/my-life-came-and-went daily 0.75 2022-02-25 https://www.99clayvessels.com/bayadir-mohamedosman daily 0.75 2022-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/0ab4eb07-a03b-4016-9ea0-9fd1bbb61a7f/IMG_4836.JPG Bayadir Mohamed-Osman - Bayadir Mohamed-Osman Bayadir Mohamed-Osman is a Sudanese American public health professional, poet, and community organizer based in Maryland. She is currently pursuing her Masters of Public Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School. Currently, she provides young adults with disabilities professional development and supports meaningful employment. She has performed in Philly, Denver, Dallas, and Los Angeles to name a few cities. Her poetry examines her intersectional identity as a Black Muslim Sudanese woman. 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She has worked with FAITH.org as a court advocate for women who have survived domestic violence and has been instrumental in creating safe spaces that cater to the needs of this vulnerable population. Since her divorce in 2011, she has also provided support services to divorced Muslim women, establishing CircleofsiSTARhood at the ADAMS Center in Sterling, Virginia, co-founding Ikram Foundation and serving as president and founder of Care2Elevate.org, that provides grief support and education on cultural stigma around divorce for both men and women. Mariam is passionate about spirituality. Fluent in Arabic and Farsi, she loves music that talks to the soul and revives her inner calling for social change and the longing for the Beloved. https://www.99clayvessels.com/ayanna-miranda daily 0.75 2022-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/ef4c081f-0697-4be9-9241-7104a7ff7be2/A_Miranda_Picture.png Ayanna Miranda - Ayanna Miranda Ayanna Miranda is a resident of Maryland. She has worked in Environmental Engineering for 27 years. She is the Mother of one. Ms. Miranda is a certified high school basketball and volleyball official. She has officiated sports as well as coordinated Girls Sports for the Muslim Athletic Program (MAP) at the Islamic Society of Baltimore (ISB) for 7 years. Ms. Miranda has been instrumental in planning and implementing successful basketball tournaments for Muslim women and youth girls in the DMV. Ms. Miranda is a Union Steward for the Maryland Professional Employees Council (MPEC). She is involved in community work and serves on her neighborhood association board. Ms. Miranda is involved in interfaith work and serves as a board member for the Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake. https://www.99clayvessels.com/naimah-khalifa-bhuruku daily 0.75 2022-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/1eafa340-103c-41b2-9368-e62b48b190ee/Naimah+Headshot.jpg Naimah Khalifa Bhuruku - Naimah Khalifa Bhuruku Naimah Khalifa Bhuruku is a Haitian American Muslim woman currently residing in Prince George’s County, Maryland but native of South Jersey. She is a child of immigrant parents born and raised Muslim with her 3 sisters. Naimah is a passionate diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility practitioner, a trained facilitator, speaker and a creative enthusiast. Her passion stems from her experiences that have thrust her into environments where she did not feel like she belonged. 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Storytelling Anonymous https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/fcee70f2-25b8-4413-9d4d-45b44d952834/99+Clay+Vessels Storytelling Anonymous https://www.99clayvessels.com/anonymous5 daily 0.75 2024-09-07 https://www.99clayvessels.com/aisha-ghori daily 0.75 2022-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/27cfa71b-09a1-4747-a220-320f50fec400/Aisha+Pic+Final.jpg Aisha Ghori - Aisha Ghori Aisha Ghori Ozaki is a justice, diversity, equity and inclusion practitioner serving as an inaugural DEI Director at Northwestern University’s Office for Research. She also recently spent 6 years on the enterprise-wide Inclusive Diversity & Equity team at Allstate. Aisha is a frequent presenter and facilitator on diversity, equity and inclusion as well as professional development topics. She is devoted to ensuring that all individuals feel welcome, find their passion and contribute toward creating an inclusive and just environment. In addition to her corporate experience, Aisha spent about 18 years in higher education and is thrilled to be back in higher education. Aisha holds both a master’s and bachelor’s degree in Sociology from DePaul University and is certified in the administration and interpretation of the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) and the MBTI. Aisha also holds Diversity, Equity and Inclusion certificates from Northwestern University and Cornell University. Aisha volunteers with multiple organizations and especially enjoys mentoring and supporting organizations like Chi-Care, Upwardly Global Chicago, the DePaul University Alumni Sharing Knowledge (ASK) program, My Block My Hood My City and Rahmah Pantry. Aisha remains active in various professional associations including the Forum on Workplace Inclusion where she has served on the conference programming committee since 2016 and co-presented at the annual conference in 2017 and 2019. Aisha is on the board of directors for Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago, Muslim Women’s Alliance of Chicago and IL Muslim Civic Coalition. https://www.99clayvessels.com/suja-amir daily 0.75 2022-05-11 https://www.99clayvessels.com/shellie-mckinney daily 0.75 2022-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/96cc3958-4b3c-4742-bff4-fdfb7207d743/Shellie+M..jpeg Shellie McKinney - Shellie McKinney Shellie McKinney is the founder and CEO of MOMNetwork, LLC., a community for Mothers Of Muslims (MOM) across the United States that provides mothers the tools and support needed to be advocates for themselves and their families. The Network provides a forum through which women are empowered to take an active role in protecting their well-being and happiness. Shellie is passionate about community development and is fueled to empower, engage, and establish programs geared towards the family foundation, focusing on MOMs. She has over 25 years of experience working with NGOs in Program and Learning & Development at organizations such as Legal Aid, NAACP, CARE USA, United Way, and Muslim American Society, DC (MASDC). Shellie has a Bachelor's degree in Sociology. https://www.99clayvessels.com/lubna-azmi daily 0.75 2022-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/2f007e00-3cdb-48a5-aa95-b4bc4bde1900/Lubna+collage.png Lubna Azmi - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/65a1399f-0292-4034-bb78-12966c4d5e4c/Lubna+Image.jpeg Lubna Azmi - Lubna Azmi Lubna Azmi is a Moroccan-American Muslim woman from Northern Virginia. She is currently a Junior at Johns Hopkins University studying International Studies and Sociology with a minor in Islamic Studies. Most of Lubna’s work is grounded in community organizing, both in the community she grew up in Northern Virginia, and at her university. Her curiosity is one of her defining characteristics. She loves to explore the world through many forms, whether it’s through nature, art, film, travel, or spending her Sunday listening to a science podcast while doing a jigsaw puzzle. Social media: Instagram: @lubnazmi Twitter: @aztypical https://www.99clayvessels.com/hana-khan daily 0.75 2022-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/0a44ebb9-8b0f-43fb-81ab-2b5e55018d58/Hana+headshot.jpg Hana Khan - Hana Khan Hana Khan is the Operations Manager at Muhsen (Muslims Understanding and Helping with Special Education Needs). She has many years of experience as a Project Manager and is excited to utilize those skills in her role at Muhsen. She is currently working on managing current programs as well as implementing new programs to benefit the Special Needs community. Her philosophy is that every individual should be included and supported in all aspects of society. https://www.99clayvessels.com/fariah-majid daily 0.75 2022-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/b5aa50cb-a7a1-4861-a221-3836018869ae/green.jpg Fariah Majid - Fariah Majid Fariah is a Muslim woman of Bangali descent born and raised in Northwest Arkansas and currently living in Chicago. Fariah attended university in Atlanta to obtain her dual degree in biology and Spanish from Emory, and in biomedical engineering from Georgia Tech. Her undergraduate education revealed her niche of holistic health technology and propelled her career in revolutionizing the concept of healthcare. She strives to transmute global knowledge of health and spirituality into re-engineered modern systems to achieve universal justice and well-being. Beyond her profession, Fariah belongs to the greater communities of health tech innovators and the Bangali diaspora, among other networks. She enjoys gastronomic experiences, mind-body alignment through yoga and strength training, and self-empowerment through knowledge. Her creative outlets include writing, knitting, painting, and most recently, expressing herself through ceramic art (thanks to the Inner-city Muslim Action Network). https://www.99clayvessels.com/rohany-nayan daily 0.75 2022-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/1c26a32e-0ff6-4c33-8b32-6659dce48855/Rohany+headshot.jpg Rohany Nayan - Rohany Nayan Dr. Rohany Nayan is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Muslims Green Team (CMGT). She holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a master’s degree in Language Education (TESL) and a bachelor’s degree in English Education (ESL) from Indiana University-Bloomington. She is passionate about her work that focuses on minority and immigrant families and their children’s experiences in their adopted country and how the interwoven issues of culture, language and meaning-making act upon their identity and literacy development. She has taught, designed programs and trained teachers, community leaders and youth on topics related to education, culture, identity, English as a Second Language (ESL) and Islam at Indiana University in Bloomington, the University of North Carolina in Charlotte, the University of Wisconsin in Madison, and the University of Illinois at Chicago. Internationally, she has also taught ESL at the Mara University of Technology in Malaysia and the King Saud University in Riyadh. Dr. Nayan has been a teacher, school principal, researcher, university lecturer, educational consultant and an assistant professor. Her current work as the CEO at CMGT focuses on nurturing and growing the vision of CMGT especially in empowering people through knowledge, raising awareness of ecological responsibility through education, encouraging sustainable community practice, and planting the seeds for a mindful, eco-friendly lifestyle based on Islamic guidance and practices. https://www.99clayvessels.com/hind-makki daily 0.75 2022-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/10d562eb-2518-473d-b6c3-8ff434cd7cd1/Makki+ISPU.jpg Hind Makki - Hind Makki Hind Makki is an interfaith and anti-racism educator who holds a degree in International Relations from Brown University. She is the founder and curator of Side Entrance, an award-winning website documenting women’s prayer experiences in mosques and served on the Islamic Society of North America’s Mosque Inclusion Taskforce. Hind is an advisor to the ISPU project Reimagining Muslim Spaces, consulting with American mosques on gender, economic, and convert diversity. She is an alumna and advisor to the American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute and serves on the Consultative Circle to the national interfaith organization, Shoulder-to-Shoulder. In 2018, Hind was featured as one of CNN’s 25 Influential American Muslims. Locally, Hind has served on the advisory boards of the Br. Jeffrey Gros, FSC Institute for Dialogue, Justice, and Social Action at Lewis University and the Chicago History Museum’s exhibit “American Medina: Stories of Muslim Chicago.” https://www.99clayvessels.com/binta-diallo daily 0.75 2022-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/c740904a-6d16-4020-8479-9d4beb4bdbaf/Dear+Almost+Save+The+Date.png Binta Diallo - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/75ad8e6f-8d2b-409d-b58c-157d3f4dac65/Binta+headshot.jpg Binta Diallo - Binta Diallo Born and raised in Chicago, Binta Kane Diallo is a 1st generation Senegalese and Gambian Muslim American woman. She has always had a passion for faith, community service, art and culture, and creating unique memorable experiences for others. Her experience as a clinical intern for children with Autism, a mentor for young kids, and a wide range of experience in managing events and maintaining personal, professional and community relationships has allowed her to expand her empathy skills and connect with the world around her. As the Sr. Performing Arts Manager for The Inner-City Muslim Action network (IMAN), Binta creates safe, welcoming, and accessible spaces for community members and artists across socio-economic divides. She facilitates a smooth, logistical process to ensure a strong artist and guest experience. As an artist herself, Binta knows the value of having a safe space to share your holistic self. Binta is the co-founder of eyemeets soul, a low key blind experience for Muslim Millenials that utilizes conversations of the soul to find a partner. She earned a Bachelor’s degree with concentrations in Psychology and Sociology, and a Master’s degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management. Binta is a member of Zeta Phi Beta, Sorority, Inc. An emerging neo-soul Singer songwriter, Binta, incorporates her mother language of Wolof in her music as an effort to teach others about her culture and to remain connected to her ancestry. www.bintakanediallo.com https://www.99clayvessels.com/sanela-ovnovic daily 0.75 2022-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/e08f8877-4a1e-4aae-9817-8fe924e251f9/Sanela+headshot.jpg Sanela Ovnovic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/e5f462d0-382d-47b9-a8c0-1eaaa67663a5/Sanela+Ovnovic+drawing.jpg Sanela Ovnovic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.99clayvessels.com/rahela-rezaie daily 0.75 2022-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/867cea04-cd1e-4196-8a08-1987da8c6313/Resin+Art+by+Rahela-+Jpeg.jpeg Rahela Rezaie - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/8e4301e3-d3f2-4061-ba30-729dd5e1e921/Screenshot+%28210%29.jpg Rahela Rezaie - Rahela Rezaie Rahela Rezaie is originally from Afghanistan. She received a full scholarship to the United States in 2010. Rahela enjoys writing, poetry, art and has authored an autobiographical novel waiting to be published. Moreover, she has started her own jewelry business called “Giftee,” inspiring and empowering refugee women to explore their entrepreneur ideas and do the same. Rahela works with Lutheran Social Services of National Capital Area (LSSNCA) and has been involved with assisting refugees and immigrants settling in the country. For more information about Giftee please see: GifteeLLC https://www.99clayvessels.com/negar-nahidian daily 0.75 2022-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/f09b1cea-86e5-4ebb-be66-63600bfa3cb2/hu_moalla+calligraphy_negar+%281%29.jpg Negar Nahidian - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/f043c76c-41b9-45c8-833e-582e61d9302c/Negar_Nahidian_headshot-for+web.jpg Negar Nahidian - Negar Nahidian Negar Nahidian received her MFA in Arts & Visual Technology. As a graphic designer and educator with more than 17 years of experience her work incorporates classical Persian motifs and elements of modern design and technique, weaving together the aesthetics of multiple cultures. In her free time Negar enjoys spending time with her family and friends, seeking spirituality and practicing her latest passion which is calligraphy. No matter what she does art and design is always a part of it. https://www.99clayvessels.com/safaya-fawzi daily 0.75 2022-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/06193b11-0b66-4029-8ca1-8065c1f410f6/Screenshot+%28209%29.jpg Safaya Fawzi - Safaya Fawz Safaya Fawzi (she/her) is a Muslim woman. She is also a learner, a thinker, a friend, and other identities, like Egyptian, American, and mixed, all of which she is continuing to lean into. For the past 8 years, she has worked in operations and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and is currently a graduate student in Public Policy at the University of Chicago Harris School. She is interested in understanding institutions and systems, and actively changing them to serve people instead of capital. Recently, she worked as a graduate researcher with the Building Movement Project, interviewing young Muslim activists on their organizing and community work for the Teaching Beyond 9/11 Project. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science with a Minor in Religion from Wellesley College. Safaya is a proud Evanston resident and a native of northern Chicagoland. She enjoys writing, reading, running, and completing 1000-piece puzzles in her free time. https://www.99clayvessels.com/norbaya-jameela-durr daily 0.75 2022-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/9b71fcdb-98e6-4030-9781-3245669e55e1/Norbaya.jpg Norbaya Jameela Durr - Norbaya Jameela Durr Norbaya Jameela Durr is a multimedia artist hailing from southside Chicago, Illinois. Her art encompasses poetry, musical performance and production, graphic design, and creative writing. She is a biologist, chemist and literary and cultural analysis student, finishing her B.S. degree at Elmhurst University where she conducts independent research focused on plant biology, conservation, urban ecosystem development, phylogenetics, plant and microbial community ecology and restoration; and as an English major, she studies therapeutic literary analysis focused in multicultural bibliotherapy and bibliodidactics. Norbaya is Chief Editor at IINSPIRE LSAMP Alumni Committee (ILAC), a 501(3c) that focuses on supporting BIPOC in STEM academics, profession and in industry, and is a writing tutor at Elmhurst University, spending her time editing and proofreading, and supporting student writing skills. She is a 20-year leader and community organizer and a 6-year Board of Director at the Inner-city Muslim Action Network (IMAN), a non-profit organization whose work encompasses health and wellness and healing in the inner-city through running a FQHC (federally qualified health center), organizing and arts & culture; is a member of Sigma Tau Delta, an international excelled English honor society; a researcher in the GREEN lab (Green roofs, Ecology and Environmental lab) at Elmhurst University; an intern/member at the Morton Arboretum Soils Ecology & Plant Systematics lab and is a fellow at Rethink Outside funded by Blue Sky Funders Forum, a project that aims to improve BIPOC experiences and connection with nature/environment, where she will conduct her project summer 2022 titled Bibliotherapy With Nature. In this project, she will utilize literature to explore, cultivate and explore heal the self with nature with BIPOC women at a retreat. After having studied herbal medicine, in 2017 she started her small-business, C. Art Press whose mission works to connect communities and individuals through herbalism, creative arts, literature/bibliotherapy and science education. https://www.99clayvessels.com/zahra-seif-amirhosseini daily 0.75 2022-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/2ed43b8c-e900-45fc-809c-4bef9ecf7daf/Zahra+headshot.png Zahra Seif-Amirhosseini - Zahra Seif-Amirhosseini Rafie Zahra Seif-Amirhosseini Rafie is a Professor of Sociology at NOVA Community College. Zahra is a Social Scientist, holding a PhD in Sociology and International Relations from London School of Economic and Political Science, London, England. She obtained her Master's degree from University of Cambridge in History and Philosophy, and her BA (Hons.) from University of London, Goldsmiths College in Sociology and Philosophy. She has taught at many prestigious universities both in England such as the London School of Economics and Political Science and in America such as Georgetown University. She’s also a freelance consultant and researcher. Her latest research is on Confronting Prejudice Against Muslim Women in Higher Education, an upcoming publication with McMillan Press. Her area of specialty is social theory, development, gender and minority rights. She has been involved with social activism in the fields of gender equality, minority rights and youth initiative and leadership programs since 1990. She has worked with many international organizations such as Amnesty International and UNICEF and continues her passion for social justice through NGO and community based work. https://www.99clayvessels.com/noor-alila daily 0.75 2022-05-11 https://www.99clayvessels.com/savera-iftikhar daily 0.75 2023-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/dc1b265f-2994-4525-bd1b-82a36de6f474/image0.jpg Savera Iftikhar - Savera Iftikhar Savera is a creative connector who has had art in her blood since birth. She is a practicing artist utilizing a variety of mediums, but no matter what she is experimenting with at any time, you can always find her returning to her first artistic love – drawing. She is a self-taught artisan (crochet, jewelry making, embroidery, etc.) and teaches art to students K-12 as well as any adults who are willing to give it a try. Her passion for art as a tool for connection is also evident as a Licensed Professional Counselor and Art Therapist working with clients of all ages and varying diagnoses by utilizing art-making and the creative process as a means to help people express themselves and heal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/e6edf8ea-9965-4917-ba50-1736f7a448e8/image0.png Savera Iftikhar - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/6dd92da2-e5ab-4441-aedd-678661901efb/Screen+Shot+2023-05-03+at+5.21.35+PM.png Savera Iftikhar - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.99clayvessels.com/mahnaz-rezaie daily 0.75 2022-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/9de1501b-4241-44e3-8028-3c34fdc8c4e5/IMG-0831.jpg Mahnaz Rezaie - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/4238e24d-cc4f-4645-b49d-c7c776fd4fec/IMG-0830.jpg Mahnaz Rezaie - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/6d824fbd-3682-493e-b0e1-447255c344eb/mahnaz+headshot.jpg Mahnaz Rezaie - Mahnaz Rezaie Mahnaz Rezaie is a freelance Multimedia Producer located in Haymarket VA. She graduated with a master’s degree in the New Media Photojournalism from Corcoran College of Art and Design of George Washington University. Mahnaz interned with the Washington Post as a video intern for four months, has worked with the OFF NOTE online magazine and George Washington University before. She has been creating short videos and documentaries. Her latest documentary was about Afghan immigrant’s lives in Virginia. Mahnaz also writes poems and short stories. Currently, she is working on a novel. You can view Mahnaz's art at www.mahnazrezaie.com https://www.99clayvessels.com/leah-atwa daily 0.75 2022-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/f6b863fb-5078-42c4-a2b2-64ab5852f082/Leah+Atwa+art.jpg Leah Atwa - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/cf841555-6008-4ddf-9db3-7322bf46b963/Leah+headshot.jpg Leah Atwa - Leah Atwa Leah Atwa is a convert to Islam born and raised in Northern Virginia. She is an ASL interpreter well-known in the Muslim community for creating access for Deaf Muslims through sign language interpretations of Friday prayer, conferences, and more. She is currently working on an initiative to translate the Qur’an into American Sign Language. Leah is also a proud mom of three boys. She believes firmly in patience as a cornerstone of any spiritual path. https://www.99clayvessels.com/new-name daily 0.75 2022-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/27cfa71b-09a1-4747-a220-320f50fec400/Aisha+Pic+Final.jpg New name - Aisha Ghori Aisha Ghori Ozaki is a justice, diversity, equity and inclusion practitioner serving as an inaugural DEI Director at Northwestern University’s Office for Research. She also recently spent 6 years on the enterprise-wide Inclusive Diversity & Equity team at Allstate. Aisha is a frequent presenter and facilitator on diversity, equity and inclusion as well as professional development topics. She is devoted to ensuring that all individuals feel welcome, find their passion and contribute toward creating an inclusive and just environment. In addition to her corporate experience, Aisha spent about 18 years in higher education and is thrilled to be back in higher education. Aisha holds both a master’s and bachelor’s degree in Sociology from DePaul University and is certified in the administration and interpretation of the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) and the MBTI. Aisha also holds Diversity, Equity and Inclusion certificates from Northwestern University and Cornell University. Aisha volunteers with multiple organizations and especially enjoys mentoring and supporting organizations like Chi-Care, Upwardly Global Chicago, the DePaul University Alumni Sharing Knowledge (ASK) program, My Block My Hood My City and Rahmah Pantry. Aisha remains active in various professional associations including the Forum on Workplace Inclusion where she has served on the conference programming committee since 2016 and co-presented at the annual conference in 2017 and 2019. Aisha is on the board of directors for Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago, Muslim Women’s Alliance of Chicago and IL Muslim Civic Coalition. https://www.99clayvessels.com/liza-garza daily 0.75 2023-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/b6979cf7-801c-49a7-b670-67c238bce983/liza+garza+headshot.jpg Liza Garza - Liza Garza Emmy Award-nominated Liza Garza is a poet, vocalist, circle facilitator, designer and one part of the mother-son, singer-songwriter duo with Eli Lakes, who together formally present as GROW. Rooted in a passion for Oneness, joy and the transformative power of love, her art is heart centered and spirit led. She holds sacred the power of our inherent knowledge and champions its ability to unveil bridges between the hearts. She is a 2019 Intercultural Leadership Institute Fellow. She has served as Arts and Culture Advisor for the Inner City Muslim Action Network in Atlanta and is honored to be recognized as a 2022-2023 Sacred Cypher Creative Fellow, and Roster Artist. With performances that include The Lincoln Center, The Apollo, the National Association of Latino Arts & Culture, HBO Def Poetry Jam and numerous stages worldwide, diverse people are finding a home in her voice. lizagarza.com https://www.99clayvessels.com/meena-malik daily 0.75 2023-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/d73e7505-e313-45f1-819e-0b2b3ec40b52/Meena+Malik+headshot.jpg Meena Malik - Meena Malik Meena is a writer, podcaster, high school English teacher, wife, and new mom. She loves working with Muslim youth and is interested in literature, arts, and culture. She studied Comparative Literature and Creative Writing at the University of California, Irvine and has a Master’s in Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She briefly dabbled in Classical Arabic studies in the US and is also studying the Asharah Qira'aat/10 Recitations. Check out her podcast and website Brown Teacher Reads: the brown literature circle you always wanted to be in. (brownteacherreads.com) https://www.99clayvessels.com/seema-imam daily 0.75 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/71055d7e-9311-474a-bd88-37f3f8150b1e/Seema+Imam+headshot.jpeg Seema Imam - Seema Imam Dr. Seema Imam is a lifelong educator with numerous educational certifications including elementary and special education teaching, school administration and superintendent. She is a full professor at National Louis University where she has been for twenty-seven years. There she has served numerous elected positions, including Senator, Senate Chair, University Leadership Council, C-Chair, two terms as Co-Chair of the National College of Education, and Chair of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. Dr. Imam has 16 years of experience in classroom teaching in the Chicago Public Schools, and five years in school administration serving as the founding principal for an early Islamic school. In teacher preparation she has participated in preparing graduate level teacher candidates in elementary, middle level and special education Master of Arts in Teaching programs. She holds two Masters of Arts Degrees, one in Reading and one in school Administration as well as two Doctorates one in Curriculum and Social Inquiry and one Doctorate in Islamic Education. Dr. Imam served four years as Chair of the Islamic Schools League of America and currently is on the Board of Directors. She is author of a children’s book, as well as numerous chapters and articles. She was a faculty participant in an early Online teacher preparation program for Islamic school teachers, called, Islamic Teacher Education Program or ITEP, preparing candidates worldwide for teaching in Islamic Schools. Dr. Imam has sustained interests in teaching with technology, once planning for and conducting three cohorts of teacher candidates using the iPad. A second consistent research area is that of diversity in the classroom, finding ways to help diverse students feel the sense of belonging in the classroom. Dr. Imam is a mother and grandmother and works to make the role and presence of Muslim women in America a natural part of society by interacting and participating at large. She has served as a Human Rights Commissioner for over 20 years in Hickory Hills, IL. She is a presenter and speaker for community groups and schools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/99c93999-f739-4228-bd73-c91a14a0dc2a/Seema+Imam+artwork+for+99+Vessels+.jpeg Seema Imam - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.99clayvessels.com/sara-bawany daily 0.75 2023-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/f5c4d690-2f47-44fc-a00a-e73375a0e129/Sara+Bawani+headshot.JPG Sara Bawany - Sara Bawany Sara Bawany is an award-winning published poet, a freelance editor, and a licensed clinical social worker based in Austin, Texas. Sara serves as the Director of Case Management at Facing Abuse in Community Environments (FACE). Sara has been writing and publishing poetry for several years and in September 2018, compiled and published her work into her first poetry book: “(w)holehearted: a collection of poetry and prose” which won Daybreak Press Publishing’s “Best Poetry Book” award in November 2019. Her work has been featured twice on TEDx, the Muslim Youth Musings literary magazine, Voyage Dallas Magazine, and Brown Girl Magazine. She was also selected as a finalist in Button Poetry’s annual chapbook contest. She is working on her second book and has a small freelance editing business. Sara is pursuing her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing with a concentration in Poetry at Texas State University and works at the on-campus literary journal, Porter House Review, as a copyeditor. You can access her work at www.sarabawany.com. https://www.99clayvessels.com/akanke-rasheed daily 0.75 2023-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/f78c23d6-8fe8-4a18-a9b1-7b13b4106508/Akanke+headshot.jpeg Akanke Rasheed - Akanke Rasheed Akanke was born and raised in Atlanta, GA to a non-religious family. In her late twenties, she embraced Islam after serendipitously meeting Muslims while training to become a television producer and working on their live television show as a camera person. The conversations she heard between the host and guest about Islam intrigued her and she asked a lot of questions. They invited her to attend Friday prayer and gave her a Quran. Her love for Islam was kindled through those experiences and after reading the entire Quran the "deal was sealed" on her decision to become a Muslim. In addition to identifying with her faith, Akanke is a multi-passionate woman. She has a bachelor’s degree in Communication from Georgia State University where she studied film, television, and anthropology. She has worked as a television and radio producer and host and is also a certified life and nutrition coach as well as a voiceover artist and abstract painter. While living in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia for almost 10 years she completed advanced training in public speaking and leadership and helped other women cultivate those same skills by sponsoring two women-only Toastmasters clubs that are still thriving today. Of all the things she loves, her biggest love is for studying spirituality as the foundation for self-actualization. She believes all meaningful and sustainable personal growth and success in this world and the next must rise from a rich, solid, and loving relationship with Allah and a life that is centered around pleasing Him. She internalizes the belief that we are souls on a journey from Allah back to Allah and therefore our purpose (and our test) in life is to remember to remember Allah as we journey through life and encounter all the joys and challenges that come our way. https://www.99clayvessels.com/halima-tabitha-davenport daily 0.75 2023-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/cf5f9184-b095-4cfc-848d-53eac390eb8d/Halima+headshot.jpeg Halima Tabitha Davenport - Halima Tabitha Davenport Tabitha Davenport is a mother of three and a Project Manager for a major aerospace government contractor. She has over 25 years of experience in the Aerospace Industry. During that time she balanced her love of math and science by also serving on an EEO Advisory Board with a focus on strategic planning and programming addressing issues facing underserved groups and as an EEO First Responder. Tabitha studied Electrical Engineering at Florida A&M University. She also studied Electrical Engineering with a focus in Aerospace at the University of Maryland. Tabitha also serves as the Operations Officer of Words Heal, Inc. where she uses her experience in strategic development and planning, budgeting and business analysis to maintain sustainable programs and to balance the delivery of bibliotherapy programs against the realities of a budget. Tabitha lives in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/d3107db4-cc20-4d04-ab6e-fa6b460168c1/Halima+art.jpeg Halima Tabitha Davenport - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.99clayvessels.com/sybil-imani daily 0.75 2023-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/cb9025da-934a-4a49-947c-208763728023/sybil.png Sybil Imani - Sybil Imani Sybil Imani is an accomplished and energetic professional with a solid history of achievement in change management and employee development. She is a motivated leader with strong organizational and prioritization abilities. Her areas of expertise include excellent communication and mentoring skills, and a personal philosophy to reach a win-win result wherever possible. Ms. Imani currently serves as a Grant Specialist with The Family Recovery Program, Inc. (FRP). Located in Baltimore Maryland. She joined FRP in 2019 after retiring from serving 37 years with the Social Security Administration, where she ended her career as a director in executive leadership. She has a wealth of knowledge and training in critical and analytical thinking, business writing, public speaking, and organization and staff development. Having a passion for public service as demonstrated by her career choice Ms. Imani has continued to find means to be of service. She began her time at FRP as a volunteer which turned into a paid position where she supports the organization through grant writing and finding resources and facilitating groups for program participants. Ms. Imani is co-founder of Millati Islami, The Path of Peace, an Islamic 12 step approach to the disease of addiction. She has 33 years of lived experience in recovery and the recovery community. She specifically works with women in recovery from substance use disorder and families who as a result have experienced trauma. Ms. Imani received training as a group facilitator from the Center for Mind Body Medicine, located in Washington, D.C. and engages groups in breath work and different methods of self-awareness for healing and self-care. She has also completed all training related to Recovery Coaching and the Peer Recovery Support Specialist position and is awaiting certification. She is also a certified group facilitator for the Circle of Security Parenting curriculum. She is a member of Sisters Alive, a HIV support group for women and has helped to create and participate in 3 videos that focused on African American women and the impacts of living with HIV. Ms. Imani has been living with HIV since 1996. She lives in Baltimore Maryland and has 3 adult daughters, 1 son-in-love, and 8 grandchildren 4 boys and 4 girls. https://www.99clayvessels.com/amany-shalaby daily 0.75 2023-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/46637a4e-a787-4eee-a5e1-82cb9d4521ed/image+3.jpg Amany Shalaby - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/d7fd8bfb-1374-48d1-89fa-11f73e9da6fb/Amany+Shalaby+headshot.jpg Amany Shalaby - Amany Shalaby Amany Shalaby is a chaplain at Muslim Women’s Organization and founder of Universal Chaplaincy Inc., for Hakima (chaplain) training. She obtained her postgraduate diploma in Islamic Studies from the Islamic College of Advanced Studies, London, UK, and her Master’s Degree in comparative philosophy from Middlesex University, London, UK. She obtained her certificate of completion of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Level I from AdventHealth. She also obtained an ijazah from Sidi Shaikh Muhammad Sa’id al-Jamal, who was an Imam for al-Masjid al-Aqsa in Palestine. She served for twelve years as the Shaikh's simultaneous interpreter, and she translated twenty books on Islamic spirituality that he wrote. She has eighteen years of experience providing spiritual care for several communities across the U.S. Amany is the author of The Essence of Creation, The Emanation of Consciousness, and Hidden Pearls. She also authored two children's books published by Richard Ownes Publications Inc.: Goha and His Donkey, and The Little Puffer Fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/28278fff-1e4f-407b-8e8c-5d6dc03c2f2f/image+1.jpg Amany Shalaby - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/b6494df0-2ca9-4e6d-b1b7-715fddb12039/image+5.jpg Amany Shalaby - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/5384ef5a-c429-47b2-9bc5-45fe5574e1bb/image+2.jpg Amany Shalaby - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/65838302-fbea-4e1a-ac3d-bc1ac4a2eb7a/image+4.jpg Amany Shalaby - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.99clayvessels.com/ankhet-rumi daily 0.75 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/600e0a41-8a7a-49b0-b7dd-c6c5d14f1c9e/Ankhet+Rumi+headshot.jpeg Ankhet Rumi - Ankhet Rumi Ankhet Rumi is passionate about the cultural, and educational development of young people. In 2015, Ankhet developed The Art of Esteem, a unique curriculum for social-emotional wellness. The program uses art as its primary resource to raise esteem in its students. The Art of Esteem’s curriculum has been utilized by schools in Atlanta, Jamaica, Senegal, and Ethiopia. Currently, Ankhet is living in Atlanta where she continues to raise cultural awareness through her profession as a painter, and poet. Ankhet is a graduate of Valdosta State University with a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Anthropology. https://www.99clayvessels.com/samera-hadi daily 0.75 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/ee1a8fdd-ce3a-4661-a40c-df931310f5e5/Samera+Hadi+headshot.jpg Samera Hadi - Samera Hadi Samera Hadi is a Yemeni American from San Jose, CA. After working for years helping California students from diverse cultural and schooling backgrounds navigate higher education, she moved to Chicago and began working more intensively with refugee high school girls seeking educational and social support. She is now embarking upon the journey of motherhood as she raises her two daughters full-time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/e408d693-9aa8-44ad-b642-589741decd18/I+See+You....png Samera Hadi - Make it stand out Samera explores the necessary act of healing her younger self upon transitioning into motherhood. With the birth of her second daughter, and in order to be fully present in her role as a mother, she must acknowledge the little girl in her that was never seen. As she embarks on this blessed journey, she has continued to try to reconcile her childhood experiences with the things that she has experienced as a child versus the life experiences she is creating with her own daughters. https://www.99clayvessels.com/samina-anthony daily 0.75 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/4af19282-efb3-43e6-bcd3-46252a1070d5/Samina+Anthony+headshotjpeg.jpeg Samina Anthony - Samina Anthony Samina is a Registered Nurse and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. She currently works for a large hospital network in Northeastern PA in a program called Nurse-Family Partnership. Samina studied at the University of London, and at the University of Cambridge, where she earned an Honors Bachelor of Science in Immunology, and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education respectively. She, subsequently, went on to obtain another Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing and is currently working on her Master of Science degree at DeSales University to become a Nurse Practitioner. On a more personal note, Samina lives in Macungie, PA with her husband, three children, and their bearded dragon. She likes to spend her free time journaling, reading historical fiction, and hiking. https://www.99clayvessels.com/amna-salemeh daily 0.75 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/a3c171b7-5596-4438-acd1-383bd0968287/Headshot.png Amna Salemeh - Amna Salemeh Amna Salameh is a Co-Founder of the Islamophobia Education Collective (IEC). She completed her Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from Louisiana State University, and finished her Master of Arts in Education, with a concentration in Curriculum and Instruction, from California State University of Sacramento (CSUS). Her master’s project was titled “Professional Development on Islamophobia: A Multicultural Framework for Secondary Public School Educators.” With a background in education, she has served on both the Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports committee and the Office of Educational Equity committee at the Elk Grove Unified School District. She has also served as an Education Consultant with the Counsel on American Islamic Relations’ Sacramento Valley Chapter where she designed and developed diversity-training presentations and educational materials for public and private employers. Amna is a frequent presenter and lecturer on topics surrounding Islam and Islamophobia at CSUS’ College of Education. She is currently a part-time lecturer at California State University of Sacramento and Southern University. https://www.99clayvessels.com/laura-el-alam daily 0.75 2023-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/8fd7057a-b954-456f-93c3-07ac328ff5d3/Laura+Alam+headshot.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/1a1dcf39-cba8-4dc6-9e1d-4bb08805b0eb/Laura+Alam+collage.jpg Laura El Alam - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.99clayvessels.com/khalilah-sabree daily 0.75 2023-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/7c09bb71-2466-4b90-b3fd-c0f7468fc169/Khalilah+Sabree+color+headshot.jpg Khalilah Sabree - Khalilah Sabree Khalilah Sabree is an artist whose work is about spiritual transformation and world issues. Her current body of work contains a variety of large scale, mixed-media paintings and drawings. There are several series in the collection, with a contemporary Islamic flavor. She filters the world through the eyes of an African-American Muslim woman and educator. She maintains a private studio at Artworks Trenton, and earned a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from University of the Arts, and her B.A. from The College of New Jersey. Her work has been exhibited extensively throughout the Tri-State Area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/115577d2-5e38-4e36-8869-5bfa28f89626/Khalilah+Sabree.jpg Khalilah Sabree - Make it stand out Distractions in the Prayer 36X48 mixed-media on birch panel https://www.99clayvessels.com/noor-abd-allah daily 0.75 2023-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/f8833350-b608-4230-91c1-36a06e92d68e/Noor+Abd-Allah.jpg Noor Abd-Allah - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.99clayvessels.com/susan-douglass daily 0.75 2023-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/0ef28b4a-b591-4b2e-973d-bbe9974c3224/places+%26+barriers+to+spiritual+connection-4.jpg Susan Douglass - Make it stand out Interior, Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/4852586f-4106-4ec4-9e3c-344a47200e2e/places+%26+barriers+to+spiritual+connection-1.jpg Susan Douglass - Make it stand out Photograph by Ahmed Mater, Nature Morte, 2012 Latex jet print on Kodak 140 x 143 cm, from Desert of Pharan, 2016. https://www.lars-mueller-publishers.com/desert-pharan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/c6a626ca-4767-495a-b806-9f24e898f9a0/Susan+Douglass+pillow.jpg Susan Douglass - Make it stand out Susan handmade this pillow after the 99 Clay Vessels workshop and hand delivered it as a gift to the project creator, Alison Kysia, with much appreciation. The compass points to symbols of the four masajid (mosques) mentioned in her story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/5cee4259-fd88-4579-9cdc-1b0b28447a4b/places+%26+barriers+to+spiritual+connection-3.jpg Susan Douglass - Make it stand out Baiturrahman Masjid, Aceh Indonesia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/a56ef514-84c4-4482-9145-7ec3a9d476a0/Susan+Douglass+headshot.jpeg Susan Douglass - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/03d69819-54c4-49a2-b621-b5b5d1381276/places+%26+barriers+to+spiritual+connection-5.jpg Susan Douglass - Make it stand out Vent leading to the tomb of Ibrahim (alaihi assalaam) https://www.99clayvessels.com/sadaf-omar daily 0.75 2023-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/3bed26cb-4c33-4f26-9631-cc17b994862b/Sadaf+Omar+headshot+cropped.jpeg https://www.99clayvessels.com/tenille-fatimah daily 0.75 2023-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/6e5da598-b334-4a06-b6e7-2e607967e958/Tenille+process+photo6.jpeg Tenille Fatimah - Make it stand out Process 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/f5a3a69d-ddf8-4d33-b622-d4a8d81cd77c/Tenille+process+photo1.jpeg Tenille Fatimah - Make it stand out Process 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/1853e61e-8623-4798-bab7-7babdef65e67/Tenille+process+photo5.jpeg Tenille Fatimah - Make it stand out Process 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/cfe42e7e-86f3-475d-b80c-5b2a5dab8aa3/Tenille+process+photo3.jpeg Tenille Fatimah - Make it stand out Process 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/ac6bc72b-a23f-478e-9e1c-95b2c187651e/Tenille+process+photo4.jpeg Tenille Fatimah - Make it stand out Process 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/39631bc5-c45f-411a-91f0-bc0447b731d4/Tenille+process+photo7.jpeg Tenille Fatimah - Make it stand out Process 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/77a7107a-7408-44d8-bae0-cbbe4306f874/Tenille+Fatimah+Foreman+headshot.jpeg Tenille Fatimah - Tenille Fatimah Tenille Fatimah Foreman is an avid quilter & natural dyer currently living between her off-grid homestead in rural GA and the Southwestern desert of Las Vegas. She is a mother of six, a small business founder, and a die-hard Star Wars fan. You can find her on IG showcasing her quilts & dye experiments, as well as talking about the Blackest and greenest of things @tenillefati. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/94d03213-a498-445a-a16e-c5a30d847610/Tenille+process+photo2.jpeg Tenille Fatimah - Make it stand out Process 2 https://www.99clayvessels.com/ayisha-jeffries-cisse daily 0.75 2023-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/4d015694-34f4-4077-bf5b-ffd04fa04b3b/Ayisha+Jeffries+Cisse+art.jpg Ayisha Jeffries Cisse - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/ff99eafb-7c49-464f-bec6-713b5d4dcb7d/Ayisha+Jeffries+Cisse+headshot1.jpg Ayisha Jeffries Cisse - Ayisha Jeffries Cisse Hajja Ayisha Jeffries Cisse serves as Vice President of Global Affairs and Senior Policy Advisor to the President of the African American Islamic Institute, Senegal, West Africa (AAII), currently, the Hon. Shaykh Imam Tidjane Aliou Cisse, on Muslim World Outreach in the US and Europe. AAII’s mission is to lead sustainable development that promotes education, health care, the empowerment of women and children, the alleviation of poverty, and the promotion of peace. In her role as VP of Global Affairs, AAII, beginning with its Founder, the Honorable Shaykh Imam Hassan Aliou Cissè, Hajja manages a portfolio of thirty five global partnerships to facilitate the AAII mission, including its ongoing collaborations with AmeriCares resulting in over $1B dollars in medicine and supplies distributed throughout Africa via the Institute’s Shifa Al Asqam Social Medical Center, the funding of the Fayda radio station located in Medina Baye to the tune of $600,000 USD, a collaboration with the US Embassy, Senegal and its $250,000 Mobile Clinic Public Health initiative with US Doctors for Africa: “Building Bridges: Making the possible from the impossible along with many other initiatives throughout Africa and the U.S. She is the organization’s main representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Hajja Jeffries-Cisse is a Jersey City native and relocated to Atlanta, Georgia to serve in the administration of the late Mayor Maynard Holbrook Jackson as Budget Policy Analyst and Legislative Review/Governmental Affairs liaison. A graduate of North Carolina A&T State University in Economics, she has an M.A. from Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy, the New School. Hajja Ayisha has recently been named the Chief Strategy Officer for the Darultul Kitabi wal Hikmati, an international non-governmental organization Chaired by Imam Shaykh Ahmad Tijani, the Chief Imam of the Grand Mosque of Medina Baye Kaolack, Senegal West Africa. She will assume this new role in 2023. In her many Civic roles in her home base of Atlanta Georgia, Ayisha serves as Co-Chair of the Congressman John Lewis Commemorative Plaza and the John Lewis Task Force, Atlanta, is a consult to Nasrul Ilm America and Camp Butterfly Girls, Charter member of the ASMA Society, Global Muslim Women’s Fund, The Shura Counsel, and the Sufi Society. She is an avid supporter of the High Museum, the Dance Theater of Harlem, and AID Atlanta. Hajja is a recipient of many awards and is a mentor to emerging leaders in political activism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/ba63bcfe-830e-4657-ae73-be79d2c4cb9f/image+1.jpg Ayisha Jeffries Cisse - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.99clayvessels.com/nadia-khan daily 0.75 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/6b514bc6-d063-4e9b-ae65-0aa818529fe9/Nadia+Khan%E2%80%99s+99+Clay+Vessels+project+.jpg Nadia Khan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/918f2a22-22f8-4f45-9870-41ba4b4d6c52/Nadia+Khan+headshot.jpg Nadia Khan - Nadia Khan Nadia Khan is a recent graduate of the University of Maryland College Park, with a degree in Animal Science. She is passionate about caring for animals and is currently on track to go to vet school for large animal medicine. All her life, she has benefited from the therapeutic aspects of being connected to Allah’s creations: animals and wildlife. Her goal is to build an educational facility for children in order to increase her community’s accessibility to agriculture and animals. For work, she is a veterinary technician, a veterinary intern at a cattle company, and a program leader for the STAND Foundation. Nadia is an older sister to seven younger brothers, and enjoys going to the gym, riding horses, historical fiction, sleep and trying international foods. https://www.99clayvessels.com/jamilah-shakir daily 0.75 2023-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/15045cf1-81b5-4d5d-a218-d6b762efae2b/Jamilah+Shakir+headshot.JPG Jamilah Shakir - Jamilah Shakir Hajja Jamilah Shakir is a mental and emotional health educator and facilitator, Founder and Chief Experience Officer of the nonprofit Camp Butterfly Girls International and Sacred Health Movement. She facilitates healing for individuals, families, and groups who experience anxiety, depression, and other mental and emotional health challenges. Her offerings of one on one and group coaching and regular sessions teaching healing and coping skills empowers participants to “own your breath” and use their God-given gifts to live full and healthy lives have been life changing for many. She has worked professionally with DeKalb County Juvenile Court, University for Parents, nonprofits and for-profit schools and organizations worldwide to help improve the lives of children and families. She is a two-time author, mother, grandmother, aunty, and community organizer. A part of her mission in life is to create beautiful experiences each moment and she does this through her passion of being a world traveler, enjoying art, culture, nature, and life. Her life experiences led her to earn certification in mental and emotional wellness, yoga, and breath work and to share her growth with the world through her life work. Her personal mission is to help cultivate a world our children never have to heal from and we are all on the mission of living God’s purpose for each of us. https://www.99clayvessels.com/sanaa-siddiqui daily 0.75 2023-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/5dcd2d87-945d-412d-adf8-d3f94bc492ec/99+Clay+Vessels Sana’a Siddiqui - Sana’a Siddiqui https://www.99clayvessels.com/soraya-ahyaudin daily 0.75 2023-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/8314807b-1e9e-40ce-8c87-4c37604c6ac4/Soraya+Ahyaudin+headshot.png Soraya Ahyaudin - Soraya Ahyaudin Soraya.aydin@gmail.com Soraya Ahyaudin is a believer in soft strengths. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a stationery sommelier and settled by becoming an analogue lover of the world of paper, pens, and notebooks. Soraya directs the American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute at the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture. Before joining CRCC, Soraya worked in public diplomacy, educational exchanges, and capacity building. She was the program assistant at the USC Center on Public Diplomacy, where she managed the center’s event programming, professional training opportunities, and office management. Her work experience includes being an assistant registrar at the international office of Universiti Sains Malaysia and assistant director with the Public Service Department of Malaysia. Her diverse work experience has cultivated her interest in the intersections of faith diplomacy with globalization and diaspora narratives and sentiments. In her free time, Soraya loves the softer things of life like coffee drinking, reading the Quran, scrapbooking and journaling, beach-sitting and waves observing, and exploring and analyzing Japanese animation as creative works of historical, cultural, sociological, and economic dimensions. https://www.99clayvessels.com/anonymous-3 daily 0.75 2023-02-08 https://www.99clayvessels.com/jacinda-bullie daily 0.75 2023-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f2e06fb73024c6689fe66/333671a4-3381-4ef0-880b-abc51aba067a/Jacinda+Bullie+headshot.jpeg Jacinda Bullie - Jacinda Bullie A Muslima, with Choctaw lineage, Jacinda is a Chicago creative, writer, spoken word, and Hip Hop Theater practitioner who finds freedom in remembering that she is a spiritual being simply having an earthly experience. Additionally, Jacinda has a passion for Birth Work, and is currently a 2nd year Midwifery student. 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