Daisy Khan

Daisy Khan is an award-winning speaker, author, activist, commentator, and the founder of Women's Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality (WISE), the largest global network of Muslim women committed to peacebuilding, gender equality, and human dignity. She has been involved in grassroots efforts combating anti-Muslim bias for twenty-plus years and is renowned as a thought leader on Muslim women's rights and Islam in America. Her memoir, Born with Wings: The Spiritual Journey of a Muslim...See more

Daisy Khan is an award-winning speaker, author, activist, commentator, and the founder of Women's Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality (WISE), the largest global network of Muslim women committed to peacebuilding, gender equality, and human dignity. She has been involved in grassroots efforts combating anti-Muslim bias for twenty-plus years and is renowned as a thought leader on Muslim women's rights and Islam in America. Her memoir, Born with Wings: The Spiritual Journey of a Muslim Woman , published in 2018 by Random House, depicts her spiritual journey as a modern Muslim woman and her circuitous path to leadership. Khan has lectured at major institutions, like the Council on Foreign Relations, Aspen Institute, Chautauqua Institution, World Economic Forum, Islamic Society of North America, and many others. She is a media commentator and an Op-Ed writer who has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, ABC, PBS, and BBC and is featured in documentaries and publications like TIME, Guardian, Newsweek, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Elle, and many others. Khan was listed among TIME Magazine's "100 Most Influential" People See less