| Asma Gull
Hasan
Asma Gull Hasan, 29, is the author of Why
I Am a Muslim (HarperCollins Thorsons/Element 2004) and American Muslims:
The New Generation (Continuum 2000). She calls herself a "Muslim
Feminist Cowgirl," reflecting her upbringing in Colorado. The
daughter of Pakistani immigrants and born in Chicago, she considers
herself an all-American girl.
Hasan has been a columnist for The Denver
Post and The Pakistan Link newspapers. Her op-eds have been published in
The New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, Beliefnet.com, and The
Dallas Morning News among many others. She is a frequent guest on the Fox
News Channel, particularly Hannity & Colmes, From the Heartland with
John Kasich, and The O'Reilly Factor. Hasan has also been featured on:
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, Morning Edition and Weekend Edition on
National Public Radio, CNN, CNN International, C-SPAN, and Politically
Incorrect with Bill Maher on ABC. She has been profiled in USA Today and
interviewed in The New York Times. In September 2002, Hasan appeared in
the History Channel documentary Inside Islam.
Hasan graduated from the New York
University School of Law in May 2001. She is also a 1997 graduate of
Wellesley College, magna cum laude and a Durant Scholar. Hasan is a 1993
graduate of the Groton School, magna cum laude.
Hasan is an award-winning speaker and
praised author. The US State Department selected her as an ambassador in
the public relations campaign with the Islamic world. The Christian
Century Magazine called her first book "a ground-breaking
portrait" of the growing American Muslim community. Her paper on
full-time Islamic schools, entitled "The Social Problems of Educating
Muslim Children in America," was published in the book Islam in
America: Images and Challenges. She has spoken across the country at
universities-including Harvard University, Hofstra University, Montclair
University -and organizations such as the National Association of
Bilingual Educators, the Kalamazoo County Government, and the National
Association of Multicultural Educators. Her fictional short stories have
been published in the youth literary publications Merlyn's Pen and The
Sussquehanna Review. One of her short stories was published in the book
Taking Off: Coming of Age Stories, which was nominated by the American
Library Association as a Best Book for Young Adults and selected by the
New York Public Library for its list of Books for the Teen Age. She has
also contributed to notable essay collections, including the books Taking
Back Islam, I Like Being an American, and It's a Free Country. Hasan also
serves as an editor of the monthly online publication The American Muslim.
For more information and to read excerpts of Why I Am a Muslim and
American Muslims, please visit
www.asmahasan.com. |
