"A Message for Muslim Youth" Khutbah by Amani Al-Khatahtbeh - 1 Year Anniversary (1/29/16)

Khateebah Amani Al-Khatahtbeh delivers the 13th khutbah for The Women's Mosque of America's 1 Year Anniversary jumma'a on January 29th, 2016. As the mosque's youngest khateebah, Amani shares her insights as a millenial Muslim to empower Muslim youth of all ages.

Bio:
Amani Al-Khatahtbeh is the founder and editor-in-chief of MuslimGirl.net, the leading online magazine for American Muslim women. Reclaiming the Muslim women’s narrative in Western media with its own unprecedented columns in outlets like Teen Vogue, Fortune, and Huffington Post, MuslimGirl is currently forging a new path by becoming the forefront of Muslim women’s issues in mainstream coverage. Amani made the annual Forbes 30 Under 30 list for 2016, making her the first Muslim woman to be honored in the media category and MuslimGirl the first Muslim company to ever receive the recognition.

Amani is a rising voice in social, religious, and political issues, regularly appearing in such media outlets as CNN, BBC, and more. She currently writes a column for Forbes, in which she chronicles the startup journey of MuslimGirl from the perspective of a millennial woman of color entrepreneur. Amani was the first Palestinian-American to be elected as the opinions editor of The Daily Targum, which resulted in a nationwide controversy over her censorship. She is a human and civil rights activist and was one of the student organizers to force out former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice from her commencement invitation at Rutgers University in 2014. Amani has been profiled in The New York Times, CNN Money, VICE’s Broadly, and beyond.