Assalamu alaykum, dear community!

We’re SO excited to welcome Alimah Sarah Ahmed from Dallas to ISNS on Saturday, October 17, from 11 AM–1 PM! In collaboration with Aisha Fatima Center, we invite you to a conversation about her book, _A Light of Her Own: Muslim Womanhood as a Path to Allah._

Join Alimah Sarah Ahmed and Alimah Sabah Memon for a podcast-style conversation exploring how each facet and chapter of our lives as women can bring us closer to Allah. Together, we’ll reflect on the beauty and simplicity of being Muslim women, making space for clarity amid information overload and competing expectations about who we are and who we should be.

Come spend your morning with us! There will be refreshments, meaningful conversations, sisterhood, and a book signing. Bring your copy or purchase one on-site for the author to sign.

Saturday, October 17 | 11 AM–1 PM

ISNS Multipurpose Hall

1200 Hicks Rd, Rolling Meadows

Women only | Ages 16+

*Registration required: go.isns.org/booktour*

Sisters across Chicagoland are invited. Please share with your family and friends! You do not need to own the book or have read it to benefit from this conversation. All sisters are welcome, whether you’re familiar with the book or hearing about it for the first time!

*Meet our guest:*

Sarah Ahmed is an Islamic scholar, author, and co-director of EmpowHer Health in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. She holds an alimiyyah degree from Dar al-Ulum al-Madania in New York and has spent over a decade teaching Islamic studies, women’s fiqh, and Qur’an. Her work connects Islamic scholarship with women’s everyday experiences of faith, family, and self-care. She also co-hosts the She Should Know podcast and lives in Dallas with her husband and three children.