Asra Nomani

Asra Q Nomani (born 1965) is an Indian-American journalist, author, and feminist, known as an activist involved in the Muslim reform and Islamic feminist movements. She teaches journalism at Georgetown University and is co-director of the Pearl Project, a faculty-student, investigative-reporting project into the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl . The project is based at the Center for Public Integrity . She is the author of two books, Standing Alone in Mecca: An American Woman's Struggle for the Soul of Islam and Tantrika: Traveling the Road of Divine Love . She is also the author of numerous articles including "Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Bedroom", the " Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Mosque ", and "99 Precepts for Opening Hearts, Minds and Doors in the Muslim World". Her work is the subject of a documentary, The Mosque in Morgantown , aired nationwide on PBS as part of the series, America at a Crossroads .

Asra Quratulain Nomani (born 1965) is an Indian-American journalist, author, and feminist, known as an activist involved in the Muslim reform and Islamic feminist movements. She teaches journalism at Georgetown University and is co-director of the Pearl Project, a faculty-student, investigative-reporting project into the kidnapping and murder of her former colleague, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl . The project was published by the Center for Public Integrity . Nomani is the author of two books, Standing Alone in Mecca: An American Woman's Struggle for the Soul of Islam and Tantrika: Traveling the Road of Divine Love . She is also the author of numerous articles, including "Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Bedroom", the " Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Mosque ", and "99 Precepts for Opening Hearts, Minds and Doors in the Muslim World". Nomani's story is surveyed in the documentary, The Mosque in Morgantown , aired nationwide on PBS as part of the series America at a Crossroads .

Asra Quratulain Nomani (born 1965) is an American author and former Georgetown University professor. She is co-director of the Pearl Project, a faculty-student, investigative-reporting project into the kidnapping and murder of her former colleague, The Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl . Nomani is the author of two books: Standing Alone: An American Woman's Struggle for the Soul of Islam and Tantrika: Traveling the Road of Divine Love . Articles include: "Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Bedroom", the " Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Mosque ", and "99 Precepts for Opening Hearts, Minds and Doors in the Muslim World". She has also written for The Washington Post and has been a returning guest on Real Time with Bill Maher . Her story forms part of the documentary The Mosque in Morgantown , aired nationwide on PBS as part of the series America at a Crossroads .

Born in India to Muslim parents, she earned a BA from West Virginia University in liberal arts in 1986 and an MA from the American University in international communications in 1990. She subsequently worked as a correspondent for The Wall Street Journal with her colleague Daniel Pearl in Pakistan post-9/11. Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by Islamist terrorists while following an investigative lead. Nomani later became the co-director of the Pearl Project, a faculty-student investigative-reporting project which has looked into Pearl's murder. Nomani is the author of three books: Standing Alone: An American Woman's Struggle for the Soul of Islam , Tantrika: Traveling the Road of Divine Love , and Woke Army, the Red-Green Alliance that is Destroying America's Freedom . Articles include: "Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Bedroom", the "Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Mosque", and "99 Precepts for Opening Hearts, Minds and Doors in the Muslim World". She has also written for The Washington Post and has been a returning guest on Real Time with Bill Maher . Her story forms part of the documentary The Mosque in Morgantown , aired nationwide on PBS as part of the series America at a Crossroads . She is currently a senior contributor to The Federalist . Nomani has described herself as an advocate of Islamic feminism and a critic of Islamism . The Mosque in Morgantown | PBS" . A Pilgrimage into the Heart of Islam (2013)