Feminism & Gender Justice Work

 

I have been involved in feminism and gender justice efforts in several ways over the years. This page describes my work in this area. 

Women in STEM 

Mentorship 

EngineerGirl.org, Virtual Mentor, 2013 – Present

  • Answering questions about engineering careers (2013 – Present) 

Islamic Feminism

Organizations

Feminist Islamic Troublemakers of North America (FITNA), CoFounder, 2016 – Present

  • Organize events featuring Muslim feminist scholars, activists and artists including a conference in 2016 as well as religious services such as Eid prayers led by women and non-binary folks
  • Represent FITNA in various venues including as a panelist for a symposium (Making Room: Practicing Feminisms Today at Boston University), podcast episode (Religious Feminism podcast) and a YouTube show episode (Breaking Free Show)
  • Co-admin a 7000 member Facebook group for discussions on Islamic feminism, including recruiting & leading a moderator team
  • Identify group members with ideas for projects and provide encouragement and logistical support to bring those to fruition including a monthly online book club
  • Creating various educational projects including video series featuring scholars and community members
  • Creating publicity materials including graphic design
  • Co-writing position statements with FITNA co-founders and members and partner groups

Writings

Video Projects 

#ScholarChat – a FITNA video series, Producer, 2021 – Present

  • Started a video project showcasing the work of Islamic feminist scholars in an accessible format for a lay audience 
  • Tasks include fundraising, project management, hiring video editor, and script development

#InclusiveAzaan project – a FITNA video series, Producer and video editor, 2020

  • Started a video project providing a platform to recite the call to prayer to folks who are excluded from this spiritual practice in mainstream spaces due to gender discrimination
  • Tasks included finding a project partner, recruiting reciters, and video editing and captioning

Social Media Campaigns

#addfemalespeakers Initiative, Cofounder, 2015 – 2016

  • Started a social media based initiative to ask mosques to add female speakers and end #allmalepanels at their events
  • Promoted a pledge for male allies to sign to refuse participation in #allmalepanel

Theatre Projects  

The Hijabi Monologues at MIT, Technical Director, 2010

  • Designing sound and light cues
  • Designing and running projections