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Sharifa Alkhateeb (Sharifa Ahmed) was born on 6 June, 1946 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is an American Muslim journalist and editor. Discover Sharifa Alkhateeb's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 58 years old?

Popular As Sharifa Ahmed
Occupation Teacher, writer
Age 58 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 6 June 1946
Birthday 6 June
Birthplace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of death 21 October, 2004
Died Place Ashburn, Virginia
Nationality United States

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Who Is Sharifa Alkhateeb's Husband?

Her husband is Mejdi Alkhateeb

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Children Layla, Maha, Nasreen

Sharifa Alkhateeb Net Worth

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1919

Her father was Abdullah Ahmad Bey, who immigrated from Yemen and her mother was Anna Louise Ahmad Bey (née Anna Louise Folkerstein Jordan; 1919-1961) of Czech descent.

After finishing high school, Alkhateeb continued her education, receiving her B.A. in English Literature from the University of Pennsylvania.

1946

Sharifa Tahiya Alkhateeb (née Ahmad Bey; June 6, 1946 – October 21, 2004) was an American writer, researcher and teacher on cultural communication and community building for Islam and Muslims in the United States.

She was involved in feminist causes, domestic violence prevention, as well as interfaith and educational organizations.

She founded the first nationwide organization for Muslim women in the US and was the first woman to receive the Community Service Award from the Islamic Society of North America.

Alkhateeb was born on June 6, 1946, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1960

During her time at the University of Pennsylvania, she joined the feminist movement of the 1960s, never feeling that there was a conflict between her religious convictions and feminism.

1977

After completion of her undergraduate degree, she earned her master's in comparative religion from Norwich University, in Northfield, Vermont, and in 1977, edited a translation of the Quran published by Marmaduke Pickthall.

1978

Between 1978 and 1987, Alkhateeb and her husband, Mejdi Alkhateeb, lived in Saudi Arabia, where she worked as a journalist for the Saudi Gazette and taught at both a Saudi university and in private schools.

1988

In 1988, the couple returned to the United States, locating in northern Virginia, and Alkhateeb worked as a diversity consultant with the Fairfax County Public Schools in Fairfax, Virginia, producing a television program called "Middle Eastern Parenting", which aired from 1993 to 1997.

1989

From 1989 until her death, Alkhateeb served as president of the Muslim Education Council, a regional organization focused on teaching administrators about Islamic culture.

1990

In the early 1990s, she became managing editor of the American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (AJISS) and she co-wrote the Arab World Notebook, a social studies text used throughout the public school system in the United States.

1992

In 1992, she founded the North American Council for Muslim Women (NACMW) and served as its first president.

NACMW was the first national organization of American Muslim women.

She followed up with the establishment of a consultative database for organizations addressing the needs of Muslim women and created the first crisis hotline for them.

1995

In 1995, Alkhateeb served as Chair of the Muslim Caucus at the Fourth World Conference on Women convened by the United Nations in Beijing, China.

1998

In 1998, she established the Peaceful Families Project in conjunction with the Department of Justice, to analyze violence in the Muslim community.

The resulting survey, was the first nationwide inquiry on domestic violence within the community.

After the attacks of 9/11, Alkhateeb coordinated efforts of an "interfaith consortium of synagogues, churches and mosques to facilitate dialogues and understanding".

She became the Middle Eastern/Muslim Team Leader for the Community Resilience Project, which was funded by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as a crisis counseling center in Northern Virginia after the attacks.

2004

In September 2004, she received the Community Service Award from the Islamic Society of North America, becoming the first woman to ever receive the honor.

One month later, on October 21, 2004, she died of cancer of the pancreas at her home in Ashburn, Virginia.

Since her death, several efforts have continued to honor her legacy.

Among these are the Peaceful Families Project, the Sharifa Alkhateeb Community Service Award given annually by the MAS Freedom Foundation, and the Sharifa Alkhateeb Memorial Scholarship of Fairfax County Public Schools.