Dalia Mogahed

Dalia Mogahed

Dalia Mogahed (born 1974) is an American Muslim scholar of Egyptian origin. She is the Executive Director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies,^[1] 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.

Early life

Dalia was born in Cairo, Egypt and immigrated to the United States at the age of 4.

Career and publications

Dalia Mogahed chairs the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies,^[2] which conducts research and statistics on Muslims throughout 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. 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.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[4]

Along with John Esposito, she co-authored the book Who speaks for Islam? What a billion Muslims really think.^[5] 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.^[5] 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.^[6]

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. ^[7]

Further reading

• Esposito, John L. & Mogahed, Dalia (2007), Who speaks for Islam? What a billion Muslims really think, New York: Gallup Press, ISBN 9781595620170, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1595620176/ref=cm_rdp_product ^[5]
• 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

External links

[Abu Dhabi Gallup Center]

• Gallup profile
• Freedom House profile
• What Americans Think about Muslims: Engagement over Isolation by Dalia Mogahed
• An Interview With Dalia Mogahed: “Corny as it may sound, I am proof of the American dream”

Notes

1. ^ Gallup Center for Muslim Studies
2. ^ Gallup Center for Muslim Studies
3. ^ Executive Board: Women In International Security
4. ^ ^{a b} About.com: Dalia Mogahed
5. ^ ^{a b c} Amazon Review: Who Speaks For Islam?: What a Billion Muslims Really Think
6. ^ Freedom House Board of Trustees
7. ^ Dubai Debates 2 speakers

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