Muslim Leadership in Challenging Times (Inclusivity & Sustainability)

Name: Muslim Leadership in Challenging Times (Inclusivity & Sustainability)
Start: 2024-11-24T09:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-11-24T17:00:00+00:00
Location: SOAS University of London, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre

Schedule

Sun Nov 24 2024 at 09:00 am to 05:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

SOAS University of London, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre | London, EN

Join us for a discussion on how Muslim leaders can promote inclusivity and sustainability in today's challenging times!
About this Event

We will be bringing together leaders, policymakers, academics, entrepreneurs, and innovators, from the UK and internationally, to discuss the challenges faced by Muslims globally and creating better working relations with other communities to resolve some of the most pressing issues of the day. The aims are to develop strategies for advancing sustainable development and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals with a focus on gender, youth, climate change and peacebuilding.

PANELS:

Conflict Resolution and the Roadmap to Regeneration

Ghada Karmi (Palestinian-born Academic, Physician and Author)
Dr Sara Ibrahim Abdelgalil (Paediatric Consultant & Sudanese Human Rights Campaigner)
Shana Mongwanga (Director, Producer & Democatic Republic of Congo Human Rights Campaigner)
Shaykh Haytham Tamim (Scholar and Founder of the Utrujj Foundation)
Moderator: Dr Althea-Maria Rivas (Senior Lecturer in Global Development, Peace & Conflict, SOAS)

Art in the Formation of Cultural Identities

Tasleema Alam (Artist and Founder of Traditional Ateliers)
Shahed Saleem (Architect, Founder of Makespace & Designer, Ramadan Pavilion 2023)
Gulnaz Mahboob (Classically-trained Arabic & Islamic Calligrapher)
Saiqa Iqbal Meghna (Architect, Co-Founder and Partner of Studio Morphogenesis)
Moderator: Kristiane Backer (Art Consultant and former MTV presenter)

Female Stewardship in the Age of Disruption

Naz Shah (Labour MP for Bradford West)
Shavanah Taj (General Secretary, Wales Trades Union Congress)
Shelina Janmohamed (Writer, Broadcaster & Advertising Executive)
Dr Saliha Mahmood Ahmed (Gastroenterologist & Masterchef Winner)
Moderator: Dr Amineh Hoti (Global Program Director and International Peacebuilding Leader, University of Cambridge)

MCs: Dr Asif Munaf (Founder, Model Muslim & former Apprentice contestant) & Dr Alyaa Ebbiary (Lecturer Lecturer in Religion, Politics and Society, Lancaster University)

Lunch is also included for ticket holders