Sabeeha Rehman

Sabeeha Rehman, an author, podcaster, blogger, playwright, and speaker on the American Muslim experience, is best known for her award-winning book Threading My Prayer Rug. One Woman’s Journey From Pakistani Muslim to American Muslim. She co-authored with Walter Ruby her second book, We Refuse to be Enemies. How Muslims and Jews Can Make Peace, One Friendship at a Time. She and her husband have given over 250 talks on Islam in over 100 cities at houses of worship, academic institutions, libraries, and community organizations, including Chautauqua Institution. She is an op-ed contributor to the Wall Street Journal. Her writings have been published in Newsweek, New York Daily News, Forward, The Baltimore Sun, Washington Jewish Week, Tiferet, and Patheos.com. Her third book It’s Not What You Think. An American in Saudi Arabia was published in 2022. In the early 1980s, she began the work of establishing a Muslim community on Staten Island, which culminated in the building of a mosque. When her grandson was diagnosed with autism, she left her career as a healthcare executive and co-founded the National Autism Association New York Metro chapter, serving as its President from 2008 to 2011. She lives in New York City with her husband Khalid, a retired Hematologist/Oncologist. They have two sons and four grandchildren.