Dalia Mogahed
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Dalia Mogahed is an American Muslim scholar of Egyptian origin. She is the Executive Director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, a non-partisan research center that provides data and analysis to reflect the views of Muslims all over the world. She was selected as an advisor by U.S. President Barack Obama
on the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
, Egypt
and immigrated to the United States at the age of 4.
on the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Mogahed is also a member of the Executive Board of Women in International Security (WIIS), serves on the leadership group of the Project on U.S. Engagement with the Global Muslim Community, and is a member of the Crisis in the Middle East Task Force of the Brookings Institution.
Prior to joining Gallup, Mogahed was the founder and director of a cross-cultural consulting practice in the United States, which offered workshops, training programs, and one-to-one coaching on diversity and cultural understanding. Mogahed's clients included school districts, colleges and universities, law enforcement agencies, and community service organizations, as well as local and national media outlets.
Mogahed earned her Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) with emphasis on strategy from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh
. She received her undergraduate degree in chemical engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Upon graduation, Mogahed joined Procter & Gamble
as a marketing products researcher.
Along with John Esposito
, she co-authored the book Who speaks for Islam? What a billion Muslims really think. It is based on six years of research and more than 50,000 interviews representing Muslims in more than 35 predominantly Muslim nations. Representing more than 90% of the world's Muslim community, it makes this poll the largest, most comprehensive study of its kind. Mogahed later appeared as a commentator in the award-winning, PBS-broadcast documentary Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think (2010), which was based on her and Esposito's book and produced by Unity Productions Foundation.
Her analysis has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy magazine, the Harvard International Review, the Middle East Policy journal, and many other academic and popular journals.
She was a participant in the second edition of Dubai Debates
, on the topic After the Arab Awakening: Opportunities and Challenges for a New Arab World.
Barack Obama
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on the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
Early life
Dalia was born in CairoCairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
, Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
and immigrated to the United States at the age of 4.
Career and publications
Dalia Mogahed chairs the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, which conducts research and statistics on Muslims throughout the world. She was selected as an advisor by U.S. President Barack ObamaBarack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
on the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Mogahed is also a member of the Executive Board of Women in International Security (WIIS), serves on the leadership group of the Project on U.S. Engagement with the Global Muslim Community, and is a member of the Crisis in the Middle East Task Force of the Brookings Institution.
Prior to joining Gallup, Mogahed was the founder and director of a cross-cultural consulting practice in the United States, which offered workshops, training programs, and one-to-one coaching on diversity and cultural understanding. Mogahed's clients included school districts, colleges and universities, law enforcement agencies, and community service organizations, as well as local and national media outlets.
Mogahed earned her Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) with emphasis on strategy from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on what was then the American frontier, Pitt is one of the oldest continuously chartered institutions of...
. She received her undergraduate degree in chemical engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Upon graduation, Mogahed joined Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble is a Fortune 500 American multinational corporation headquartered in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio and manufactures a wide range of consumer goods....
as a marketing products researcher.
Along with John Esposito
John Esposito
John Louis Esposito is a professor of International Affairs and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University...
, she co-authored the book Who speaks for Islam? What a billion Muslims really think. It is based on six years of research and more than 50,000 interviews representing Muslims in more than 35 predominantly Muslim nations. Representing more than 90% of the world's Muslim community, it makes this poll the largest, most comprehensive study of its kind. Mogahed later appeared as a commentator in the award-winning, PBS-broadcast documentary Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think (2010), which was based on her and Esposito's book and produced by Unity Productions Foundation.
Her analysis has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy magazine, the Harvard International Review, the Middle East Policy journal, and many other academic and popular journals.
She was a participant in the second edition of Dubai Debates
Dubai Debates
Dubai Debates is an online video debating forum based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. According to its website, Dubai Debates offers "a platform for online opinion leaders, pundits, academics, journalists, politicians, activists and all interested users to exchange ideas through videos." In...
, on the topic After the Arab Awakening: Opportunities and Challenges for a New Arab World.
Further reading
- LA Times: Muslim woman's appointment as Obama advisor draws cautious optimism
- The Huffington Post: Cairo's Reaction to Obama's Speech
- The Economist: The United States and Islam
- The Atlantic: Anatomy of a Smear by Jeffrey Goldberg