Asma Gull Hasan

Asma Gull Hasan is the author of Red, White, and Muslim: My Story of Belief  and American Muslims: The New Generation. Born in Chicago to Pakistani immigrants, Hasan’s writing has been described by The Christian Century magazine as “a groundbreaking portrait” of the growing American Muslim community.

Her second book, Why I Am a Muslim, was nominated in 2005 by the National MS Society for its 2005 Books for a Better Life Award. The State Department has invited Hasan to lecture on behalf of the U.S. State Department all over the world, talking about Islam in America. Her books have been translated into French and Japanese, and are distributed all over the world. In 2007 she was recognized by the National Association for Independent Schools for Outstanding Life Work in Diversity.

Her op-eds have been published in The New York Times, in the San Francisco Chronicle, and on Beliefnet, among many others. She has been a columnist for The Pueblo Chieftain, The Denver Post, and the Pakistan Link newspapers. She is a frequent guest on the Fox News Channel, including The O’Reilly Factor, and has also appeared on Today, Anderson Cooper 360, Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, Fresh Air with Terry Gross, and The History Channel.  Recently, she blogged about the 2008 presidential election for Glamour magazine’s website.

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American/Pop Culture

Islam/Middle East

Red, White, and Muslim

My Story of Belief

Talking Points

Gull is a Glamour magazine blogger and a contributing writer. She receives ongoing requests from the state department to travel domestically and internationally to speak about her personal take on Islam, in addition to speaking to college and university audiences, church groups, and educators’ conferences. She can speak with authority about what it is like to be an American Muslim woman.

Description

Part memoir and part guide, Red, White, and Muslim represents the side of Islam that is left out of the daily newspapers. For Asma Hasan, being a Muslim is not merely a matter of birth, but a matter of choice and faith. Based on her understanding of the Qur’an and her upbringing as an American Muslim, she articulates a vision of Islam that is ethnically diverse, tolerant of others, and supportive of the rights of women.

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