Ameera Khan (her/she)

Ameera Sultana Khan is a Bengali-American Muslim whose Islam is informed from a myriad of sources, including the memorization of the Qur'an and studying progressive Muslim perspectives. She is informed by Sunni, Sufi, anti-patriarchal, and liberation theology-oriented traditions within Shari'a, Quran, Hadith, and Islamic History. She joined the Muslim Youth Leadership Council (MYLC) from 2018-21 to join empowered Muslims reclaiming their narratives across the country, and has held numerous workshops and given talks on reclaiming Queer Islamic History, Muslim Identity, and Shari'a Laws. She has also organized conferences including MYLC's first annual Virtual Conference, which drew virtual attendees from across the globe. She is also an active online member of El-Tawhid Juma Circle (ETJC) Unity Mosque based out of Toronto. In her professional life, she works as a DevOps Engineer in Minnesota.