Khateebah Shabnam Dewji on "Lady Fatima (r)" | #HistoricMuslimah​ Ramadan Series

Ramadan Mubarak! Today, The Women's Mosque of America launches the first in our "Lessons from Historical Muslim Women" daily Ramadan series with Khateebah Shabnam Dewji, who is teaching us and sharing what she finds so inspiring about our #HistoricMuslimah​ #1: "Lady Fatima (r)" who was the most beloved daughter of our Prophet Muhammad (p).

DONATE to The Women's Mosque of America today: womensmosque.com/donate Do you love Khateebah Shabnam Dewji as much as we do? :) MashAllah! Watch all of her past khutbahs and lectures at The Womens' Mosque of America below! "The Prophet's (p) Daughter Fatimah: A Model for All Times" Khutbah by Shabnam Dewji: https://youtu.be/wBMbnf95bIQ​ "The Prophet's Granddaughter & Muslim Women Leaders of Karbala" Khutbah by Shabnam Dewji: https://youtu.be/ykfxNWqKHWU​ "Understanding Shia & Sunni Perspectives on Ashura" w/Shabnam Dewji & Anne Myers: https://youtu.be/1VhGlmZ3Xxw​ (AUDIO) “Spiritual Elevation Towards God During Ramadan” by Shabnam Dewji - 2nd Annual Co-Ed Iftar: https://youtu.be/FkNDvqfOClU​

Bio: Sister Shabnam Dewji is a Senior Operations Consultant providing strategic and tactical assessments to large and medium size businesses. Until recently, she was the Vice President of Operations for the West Region at Time Warner Cable Media, overseeing the technical and master control operations for ad insertion; IT and software development for all media tools and applications; traffic and inventory management supporting sales; and regional engineering support for product implementation. Sr. Shabnam has a business management background with a degree from the London School of Accounting and in 2010 completed an Exectuve Leadership Development Program at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. She was the recipient of the 2011 LEA (Leadership, Education and Advocacy) Awards where she was honored as Woman of the Year by Women in Cable Telecommunication (WICT). Shabnam was born in Zanzibar, Tanzania and grew up in Dubai. She lives in Orange County, CA with her husband and three children and has been an active member of her Muslim community for the past 28 years, having served as Treasurer and Vice President of SIIJLA, a local Islamic Center in Pico Rivera. Sr. Shabnam Dewji is currently in her 12th year as the principal of the Huseini Sunday School and has been a teacher for 25 years. In June 2015, she received her certification in Neuropsychology of Learning to ensure that the teaching methods at the schools shift to student centered learning. She is also active in the Social Interfaith group to promote interfaith and intrafaith understanding in the Orange County area and works closely with Chapman University’s Fish Interfaith Center under the leadership of the Dean, Dr. Gail Stearns. Do you want to find out about The Women's Mosque of America's upcoming women-led & co-ed events? Sign up for our newsletter here: https://us9.campaign-archive.com/home...​ The Women's Mosque of America is the nation's first women-led Muslim house of worship and a registered 501(c)3 non-profit. The Women's Mosque of America strives to uplift the entire Muslim community by empowering Muslim women and girls through more direct access to Islamic scholarship and leadership. The Women's Mosque of America provides a safe space for women to feel welcome, respected, and actively engaged within the Muslim Ummah. It complements existing mosques, offering opportunities for women to grow, learn, and gain inspiration to spread throughout their respective communities. The Women's Mosque of America provides women-led Friday jumma'a services for women and children (including boys 12 and under) once a month in Southern California. In addition, The Women's Mosque of America provides programming, events, and classes open to both men and women that aim to increase community access to female Muslim scholars and female perspectives on Islamic knowledge and spirituality.