"The 12 Wives as Disciples of the Prophet (p)" Khutbah by Gail Kennard (8/28/15)

Khateebah Gail Kennard delivers the 8th khutbah for The Women's Mosque of America on August 28th, 2015. In her sermon, Gail sheds new light on the Mothers of the Believers and reframes their role as the female disciples of the last Prophet of God (peace be upon him).

Bio:
Gail Kennard was raised in Los Angeles and learned about Islam as a high school student when she read the autobiography of Malcolm X. She accepted Islam while in graduate school at UC Berkeley, and she has been active in the Muslim communities of San Francisco, San Diego, Atlanta, and Los Angeles.

For the past 20 years, Gail has been president of the architectural business founded by her late father, Robert Kennard, in Los Angeles. The firm designs public buildings, transit and utility infrastructure projects. The company, Kennard Design Group, is the oldest African-American-owned architectural practice in the western United States.

Gail earned her undergraduate degree in Communications from Stanford University, a master’s degree in Journalism from UC Berkeley — and for the past 60+ years, she has been struggling to earn her post-graduate degree in this life under the guidance of Allah, subhanna wa ta’allah.