Mother-Daughter High Tea w/Shaykha Muslema Purmul (05/22/16)

On May 22nd, 2016, The Women's Mosque of America held a Mother-Daughter High Tea with Shaykha Muslema Purmul. In her insightful and thought-provoking talk, she shared relfections and wisdom on how to improve mother-daughter relationships, particularly across cultural barriers. Touching upon the innate nature of mothers and daughters, Sh. Muslema shed light on the way mothers show love by sacrificing themselves for their daughters, and the way daughters show their love by taking on the burdens of their mothers.

Bio:
Muslema Purmul was born in Raleigh, North Carolina and raised in San Diego, California. Her parents are originally from Afghanistan and they came to the US in the early 80s. She graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a double major in Religious Studies and Middle Eastern Studies. During those years she served at varying capacities in MSA UCSD as well as MSA West. After graduating she left to study in Egypt where she spent the better part of the next 7 years. She completed the bachelor’s program in Sharia from al-Azhar University in Cairo and also completed almost two years of graduate work at the American University in Cairo in Islamic Studies. She also attended the International Union of Muslim Scholars “Future Scholars Program” while she was studying in Cairo.

Afterwards she transitioned into the blessing of motherhood. Recently she served as the Young Muslims Program Director at the Islamic Center of Irvine where she provided support, religious education, and leadership for programming related to youth and young professionals. She has taught classes and spoken nationally and internationally about issues related to Islamic law and ethics in a variety of different settings including conferences, retreats, universities, libraries, and mosques. Currently she serves the Muslim students at UCLA and USC as a chaplain with Institute of Knowledge and is the Co-Founder and Scholar-in-Residence at Safa Center for Research and Education.