Ayesha Mattu

Ayesha Mattu is a writer, editor and international development consultant who has worked in the field of women's human rights since 1998. Her first book, "Love, InshAllah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women", was featured globally by media including the New York Times, NPR, the BBC, Washington Post, Guardian, Times of India, Dawn Pakistan, and Jakarta Post. She was selected a "Muslim Leader of Tomorrow" by the UN Alliance of Civilizations and has served on the boards of IDEX, the Women's Funding Network, and World Pulse. Ayesha is an alumna of Voices of Our Nations and a member of the San Francisco Writers' Grotto. Ayesha's next book - the Love InshAllah companion anthology "Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex & Intimacy" - will be published by Beacon Press in February 2014.