Dec 7, 2017
We talk to Ustadha Nuriddeen Knight from By The Fig and The Olive Blog about secret marriages, polygamy and the #metoo movement.
Hosts: Mahin, SIM and Summer
Nuriddeen Knight completed an MA in psychology with a focus on
child and family from Columbia University. Alongside her academic
degree, she studied traditional Islamic knowledge including Islamic
law, theology, spirituality and prophetic biography with local
scholars and in the majalis in Amman, Jordan.
In 2015 she created Nooralshadhili.com, a holistic initiative focused on
human development through
education, research, and counseling.
Her written work has been featured in thepublicdiscourse.com, mvslim.com,altmuslimah.com and thedemureist.com. She compiled a collection of 40
sayings from the prophet Muhammad's life through the narration of
his wife Aisha and is currently working on its second edition.
In 2013 she gave a lecture entitled 'A middle ground: An Islamic
and Psychological Perspective on the Divided Self', combining
Islamic wisdom and psychoanalytical theory. In 2014 she taught the
New Muslims Program and Perfecting the Prayer classes for new
Muslims in the M.E.C.C.A. center. In the summer of 2015 she
conducted a class on traditional Islamic theology in Masjid
At-Taqwa in Brooklyn, NY. And most recently gave an online lecture
for Rabata.org concerning marital conflict.
She currently resides in Fez, Morocco with her husband Ustadh Abu
Bakr and NYC.
Contact: M.me/Knight.Nuriddeen
http://bythefigandtheolive.com/