Nashwa Lina Khan 2021
Nashwa Lina Khan is a community educator, facilitator, and researcher. She is also a writer and poet. She holds a Masters of Environmental Studies from York University with areas of concentration focused on narrative methodologies, community and public health, refugee, and forced migration studies.
Her work has been published in a variety of places including Vice, Rewire, This Magazine, and The New York Times. She is the host of two podcasts, Muslim Rumspringa and Habibti Please.
Through her podcast Nashwa has quickly become a compelling Muslim Canadian in media with a platform that discusses the intersections of race, class, religion, and various other identities. She curates episodes and newsletters that share important narratives of diverse communities who are fighting for social and economic justice and also highlights social movement victories across the country.
Nashwa also co-founded Abolition Sauga, a reading group for Mississauga residents to actively learn about and build knowledge of progressive politics and movements.
Nashwa has a history of participating in grassroots activism and continuously demonstrates a commitment to civic engagement. She invests her time in leading and participating in community projects that benefit not only the Muslim community but other historically marginalized communities as well.
TESTIMONIAL
“Nashwa is an unapologetically feminist Muslim woman. Over the last several years, her achievements
have resulted in a following where people look to her as a reputable Muslim feminist. This includes the
people who listen to her podcasts, follow her popular social media, and read her writing. Canadian
society often imposes its own ideas of who and what Muslim women are, but Nashwa continually
challenges these ideas in her work. Through her podcast Habibti Please and her former podcast
Muslim Rumspringa, Nashwa discusses current political and social issues through a Muslim feminist
lens, something that is sorely missing from mainstream media.”