https://www.preciousspeaks.com/work daily 1.0 2017-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1490677398392-ZJLXPT323GJ6AO1HY88C/Imam+WDM_Thompson+Room_Opening+Day+of+Conference+IIA2000+%281%29.jpeg A Sampling of Precious Rasheeda Muhammad's Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1490681970230-M87YAY5KEKPV3FKQWJ0H/Secretary-Clinton-and-Precious-at-DOS.jpg A Sampling of Precious Rasheeda Muhammad's Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1490763260117-YH1CSZ58Y415LL4KGB8E/MHD_twitterheader.jpg A Sampling of Precious Rasheeda Muhammad's Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1490763568883-SYL7LFF1H0G5INVH7B50/Parliament+team.jpg A Sampling of Precious Rasheeda Muhammad's Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1490763694666-R3E74WCG9MI086IXO9UY/Listening+to+Congresswoman+Sheila+Jackson+Lee+read+from+Certificate+of+Congressional+Recognition.jpg A Sampling of Precious Rasheeda Muhammad's Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1490763855032-SNC3I88NX7IHT1QQLCIA/Precious-in-closing-session-of-CLF-Conf+%281%29.jpg A Sampling of Precious Rasheeda Muhammad's Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1490767736149-WSTR3MWGZZ63DZRE5BWN/image-asset.jpeg A Sampling of Precious Rasheeda Muhammad's Work In May 2010, Coe College invited Precious to give the Baccalaureate address, a first for a Muslim woman at Coe. The next day the college awarded Precious an Honorary Doctorate for her international work building community across religious and cultural divides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1490765434365-EF4JEDXCQAJ5L667DRF9/image-asset.jpeg A Sampling of Precious Rasheeda Muhammad's Work Frustrated with the paucity of scholarship on Islam in America, Precious founded and spearheaded the Islam in America conferences at Harvard from 2000 to 2001, to educate the Harvard community and general public about the growth and development of Islam in America and to promote tolerance, fellowship and understanding. The “first-rate” conference gained international recognition and motivated many scholars, practitioners and religious leaders to organize similar events. For more than three years after Precious’ graduation, students at Harvard worked together with various departments, organizations, faculty, and staff at Harvard to carry on the conference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1490765480823-D7EB3683BTGL0SLAGAR2/image-asset.jpeg A Sampling of Precious Rasheeda Muhammad's Work Precious served a significant role in planning the historic 2009 Parliament of the World’s Religions held in Melbourne, Australia—the largest interfaith gathering in the world. There were over 6000 attendees with over 500 programs/sessions across seven days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1490756292093-64MS008Z16R5NSS4BR81/image-asset.jpeg A Sampling of Precious Rasheeda Muhammad's Work Performing poetry in London, England. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1490756370718-7R8FTLN29HU43KQEXC42/image-asset.jpeg A Sampling of Precious Rasheeda Muhammad's Work After a tense election, helping to build community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1490756655692-ZBLSX1K0J50ZM3LOOOVP/image-asset.jpeg A Sampling of Precious Rasheeda Muhammad's Work A case curated by Precious for the Children's Museum of Manhattan's "America to Zanzibar: Muslim Cultures Near and Far" exhibit. You can't see it in this picture, but there are also buttons that correspond with items in the case. You can push the button and hear Precious's voice explain the history of each piece. Also, the frame on the bottom right is a digital one; it cycles through several historical photos with detailed captions included. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1490758106560-SFRTR9EBLXENSVAS5SZ7/image-asset.png A Sampling of Precious Rasheeda Muhammad's Work Written by Precious Rasheeda Muhammad and distributed to hundreds of policymakers and change-makers in Washington,D.C., including members of the United States Congress and White House officials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1490759191054-C0T2SA2U69PMHJ1S4JQH/Lima03.jpg A Sampling of Precious Rasheeda Muhammad's Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1490759134603-YNPZJ582AE6ECZAOOVNC/Muslims+and+the+Making+of+America+Dedication+Page.png A Sampling of Precious Rasheeda Muhammad's Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1490759246017-4GM2GRFEVQ71KJIA7RS8/image-asset.png A Sampling of Precious Rasheeda Muhammad's Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1490759857188-ETS5S2APYMWJ0SL4CDHX/image-asset.png A Sampling of Precious Rasheeda Muhammad's Work Harvard Divinity School Bicentennial Peter J. Gomes STB '68 Honoree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1490759612354-2VL7TAQI4V2RPVWBPZM6/image-asset.jpeg A Sampling of Precious Rasheeda Muhammad's Work Awarded Community Impact Award from ISPU https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1490760069241-XTRLUYTSI5E88YFUSUBX/President+of+Coe+College_Precious_.jpg A Sampling of Precious Rasheeda Muhammad's Work Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Coe College https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1490884568637-IDBGVDJ0F0ENV99YFC98/image-asset.png A Sampling of Precious Rasheeda Muhammad's Work This 20-panel exhibit—researched and completed for the Department of State—includes the pioneering engagement of some of the key founding fathers before they became Presidents of the United States of America; hence the start date of 1776 instead of 1789 when the first president took office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1490761729977-01OYPE4SM9HFPCVO0Q2K/image-asset.png A Sampling of Precious Rasheeda Muhammad's Work Precious contributed to this 2014 edition of the US Department of State publication about American Muslims: her research informed the "Islam and the United States" section (pp.12-17) & she wrote the section "Living Islam in America" (pp.48-53). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1490761894899-6DADVFATE1EY346XYE2O/image-asset.png A Sampling of Precious Rasheeda Muhammad's Work The preeminent Publishers Weekly, “widely recognized as the [publishing] industry’s publication of record,” describes Precious’s chapter, “To Be Young, Gifted, Black, American, Muslim, And Woman,” in the book Living Islam Out Loud: American Muslim Women Speak, as one of the “best” and “most absorbing essays” … in an anthology that “opens the door for other writers to explore the important and understudied topic of Muslim American women.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1490762216155-D4JOEYTHNCEUTPYZNTON/image-asset.png A Sampling of Precious Rasheeda Muhammad's Work Published in The Virginian-Pilot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1490762406613-4DKEINCY77HPEGSL96DN/image-asset.jpeg A Sampling of Precious Rasheeda Muhammad's Work Princeton University Lecture: "Muslims and the Making of America: The African American Contribution Unveiled" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1490762612075-NXXXP6Q289UXK9L8P2PY/pres_obama_visits_masjid-757x1024.jpg A Sampling of Precious Rasheeda Muhammad's Work Among her creative writing pieces, fiction and nonfiction, which seamlessly blend in the rich history of Islam in America and the American Muslim experience, include this fiction piece: "Obama’s First Visit to a U.S. Mosque as President: A Black History Month Reimagining." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1490762828311-6EKF3GOU5F3WD2AW0673/image-asset.jpeg A Sampling of Precious Rasheeda Muhammad's Work In addition to curating a case for the Children's Museum of Manhattan's "America to Zanzibar: Muslim Cultures Near and Far" exhibit, Precious also served as an advisor to the project, helping to shape the American Muslim narrative aspect of the exhibit. https://www.preciousspeaks.com/blog daily 0.75 2018-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1491320193441-0K0ERQTIK07HJLW3AMZU/MHD_twitterheader.jpg Muslim History Detective Blog on PreciousSpeaks.Com https://www.preciousspeaks.com/blog/2018/3/1/we-must-tell-the-stories-of-our-mothers monthly 0.5 2018-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1519935452106-KAPR9ILLPQ42Z3L7FSTZ/purple-khimar.jpg Muslim History Detective Blog on PreciousSpeaks.Com - We Must Tell the Stories of Our Mothers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1519943329592-J1K9ZQ5OE34KOBSGLKFQ/Islamic+Way+Washington+DC.JPG Muslim History Detective Blog on PreciousSpeaks.Com - We Must Tell the Stories of Our Mothers In Washington, D.C. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1519943211088-2J2JBG2OMJ4XAW6KOZQT/my+beloved+mother.jpg Muslim History Detective Blog on PreciousSpeaks.Com - We Must Tell the Stories of Our Mothers My first teacher: my beloved mother. https://www.preciousspeaks.com/blog/2017/4/5/you-are-most-welcome monthly 0.5 2017-04-06 https://www.preciousspeaks.com/projects daily 0.75 2017-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1491224231354-30X2CYBOHTNWCFCMQWA4/Muhammad+Ali+Harvard.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1491236995685-WICY75MCJ7UQIWLGR0YK/Bilalian+News.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1491244148576-X1MAS5EOB55TYZN51WZY/charleston+sc.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1491189546558-KM3R1YMKLER9BTERNG5T/image-asset.jpeg Projects "Per your request, enclosed are the photocopies that you ordered during your recent visit to the University Archives along with a copy of your order form. I hope that this information will be useful to you." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1491226621639-POLXGE8BB0BUSOP3UKF9/image-asset.jpeg Projects Article about Muhammad Ali at Harvard sent to Precious in the summer of 1999 from the Harvard University Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1491249354919-7S9VZRQX100JU9LY6TO9/image-asset.jpeg Projects A clipping about the mosque sent to Precious in the summer of 1999 from the Harvard University Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1491280549803-442LE9PARRFDAKSM60YD/charleston+sc.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1491280976172-8B640RKT77SM3T3BKRVS/image-asset.jpeg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1491280427065-8WX11CBA5RXHO10NLFQR/Bilalian+News.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1491367641787-52FPPCCS2E1RBU9JC75M/image-asset.jpeg Projects Published in the last issue of Muhammad Speaks, on October 24, 1975, before it became Bilalian News. https://www.preciousspeaks.com/about daily 0.75 2017-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1491018557499-0YR7R1IDNXVVD87CXLAB/My+case+at+childrens+museum+of+manhattan.jpg About Precious Rasheeda Muhammad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1491094643096-S68DMO0EM1NCB4WWNM08/image-asset.jpeg About Precious Rasheeda Muhammad Precious's first teachers, her father and her mother, reading the Qur'an. They taught Precious ethics of do for self and self determination, and to never stop reading, from the cradle to the grave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1491095053165-B1DLCY5AZ19JKT0S7F3C/image-asset.jpeg About Precious Rasheeda Muhammad Screenshot of Patheos.com introducing Precious's new "Muslim History Detective" blog on its front page October 18, 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1491092878100-QT3ZB8HRRA0LN325JUVJ/image-asset.jpeg About Precious Rasheeda Muhammad Precious speaks on panel at the 2011 Council for the Advancement of Muslim Professionals (CAMP) conference with Fatima Shama of NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, Dr. Hussein Rashid, and playwright Wajahat Ali. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1491092731180-FAYS6BY9IIEXKYTLMRQB/image-asset.png About Precious Rasheeda Muhammad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1491094208662-9JY1AW7X7T5E468HA60E/Parliament+team.jpg About Precious Rasheeda Muhammad The core planning team from the United States for the 2009 Parliament of the World's Religions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1491094408847-J63QCHCEENUF2ZHQLKHM/image-asset.jpeg About Precious Rasheeda Muhammad In this picture: Precious Rasheeda Muhammad; the President of Coe College; and Curt Menefee, the host of the Fox network’s NFL show Fox NFL Sunday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1491093011827-O8XORSLJYAF3ROJ9C5O0/image-asset.jpeg About Precious Rasheeda Muhammad Precious at the White House for a briefing and reception along with other young Muslims civic leaders from the American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute (AMCLI). In this picture with Precious: Milia Islam-Majeed (Left), the Executive Director of the South Coast Interfaith Council (SCIC), the largest interfaith council in Southern California encompassing some 35 cities and approximately 1.8 million people; Zarinah Nadir (Right of Precious), a lawyer and the secretary of the board of the Islamic Social Services Association-USA. She is also the co-founder and board member of Al-Mu’minah Young Muslim Women Association, dedicated to instilling activism and leadership skills in young Muslim women; and Amal Killawi (Far Right), a social worker with a specialization in mental health and marriage education. At the time she was coordinator of a research project through the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation focused on addressing health disparities among American Muslims. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1491092564000-9YNVCG143LWG9YNP0ZQ1/image-asset.jpeg About Precious Rasheeda Muhammad Those in attendance at the debut of Precious's exhibit at the Department of State included “nearly 70 members of the diplomatic corps, 40 members of Generation Change and 150 others from civil society, academia, government and business.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1491095337689-S2T1CD15Y05KSTC9KSL3/image-asset.jpeg About Precious Rasheeda Muhammad Precious discussing program plans with renowned singer Su'ad El-Amin, nationally known for her message music. This photo was taken during the 2011 Community Life Forward conference, planned by a multi-generational, all volunteer team of African American Muslims from across the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d3781859cc687828ada58b/1491097631481-B85Z2TV0S22NNZ13SQE0/image-asset.jpeg About Precious Rasheeda Muhammad Precious's two little girls walking on a pier in Mobile Bay, in Alabama, during one of her history detective trips. 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