Daisy Khan's Wings and Boxing Gloves

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 26, 2018

Daisy Khan, founder and executive director of the Women’s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality (WISE) and the author of Born with Wings: The Spiritual Journey of a Modern Muslim Woman (Spiegel & Grau, 2018), talks about her life, and spiritual story, as an American immigrant and Sufi Muslim, including the controversy over the "WTC Mosque" to her work supporting women and countering ISIS recruitment.

 →Daisy will be speaking at The Strand Bookstore's 828 Broadway location (between 12th and 13th street) on Thursday, April 26 at 7:00 PM. This is a free event. 

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