Women Not Going to the Cemetery | Shaykha Maryam Amir
Channel: Muslim Community Center - MCC East Bay
Date: 2022-12-02

Ustadha @themaryamamir gives comforting spiritual insights to women giving historical insights about the fiqh ruling (Islamic jurisprudence) regarding females attending the Janazah, the burial of the deceased, and the graveyard. 

She spoke during a questions and answers during a program about examining images of women’s roles in society: https://youtu.be/OB2eY0vD7ew

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This talk was delivered at the Muslim Community Center - East Bay (MCC East Bay) in Pleasanton, September 25, 2022. Watch the entire talk at https://youtu.be/OB2eY0vD7ew

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Ustadha Maryam Amirebrahimi received her master’s degree in Education from UCLA.  She holds a second bachelor’s degree in Islamic Studies through Al-Azhar University.  Maryam has studied in Egypt, memorized the Quran and has researched a variety of religious sciences, ranging from Quranic exegesis, Islamic jurisprudence, Prophetic narrations and commentary, women’s rights within Islamic law and more for the past 15 years.  She’s featured in a video series on faith produced by goodcast.net called The Maryam Amir Show. She actively hosts women who have memorized Quran from around the world to share their journeys through the #FOREMOTHERS campaign. Shaykhah is an instructor with SWISS and Hikmah Institutes and has served as a bonus lecturer with AlMaghrib, DiscoverU and more.  She has been interviewed for her work by major news outlets including BBC, NPR and CBS.  Maryam’s focus in the fields of spiritual connections, identity actualization, social justice and women’s studies have humbled her the opportunity to lecture throughout the United States and the world, including Jerusalem, Mecca, Medina, Stockholm, London, Toronto and more.  She holds a second degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and speaks multiple languages.

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