"The Power and Responsibility of Motherhood" Pre-Khutbah Bayan by Eman Hassaballa Aly (5/22/15)

Eman Hassaballa Aly is a counselor who delivered the pre-khutbah bayan (talk) on May 22nd, 2015. In her bayan, she touches upon the need for Muslim mothers to balance their high status in Islam responsibly and in a way that is healthy for their children's spiritual development.

Bio:
Eman Hassaballa Aly works for the Health Media Collaboratory (HMC) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). She is a digital strategist and a research specialist. In her role at HMC, she devises and executes social media and digital media strategies. In addition to program evaluation, Eman also conducts social data research and has been published in peer-reviewed journals. She is an expert in all things social media and has consulted for several projects and campaigns at the local and national level in the American Muslim community. She is a serial tweeter and texter, and she is fascinated by the way social media has changed the way people interact with each other.

Eman also holds a master’s degree in social work from UIC. She works part-time for the Heartspeak Institute, a private practice that serves the Chicago Muslim community. She has conducted trainings on marriage and developed a workshop called “Parenting in the Age of Social Media.” Currently, she is pursuing her master’s degree in Islamic Studies at the American Islamic College and hopes to serve as a chaplain in the university setting, and in a perfect world, she would love to continue her work in research. Eman loves to explore the way butter and salt transform food and loves to talk about her belief that mangoes are proof of God’s existence.