Shama Farag, Speaker

Shama Farag is the Head of Writing of Farah Magazine, an online Islamic magazine published in the U.K., a former Art and Culture Commissioner in her community, and a former board member at the Developmental Disability Committee in her local county. She received a B.A. in Botany in the school of science at Ain Shams University in Cairo, studied in the technical writing program at the University of Washington, and is a certified mental health aider for youth. Shama earned a diploma in Islamic Studies at the International Online University and a certificate (ijaza) in Hadith narration at Imam Ghazali Institute. She is an Arabic interpreter and author of several books, including Egyptian Food Made Easy, I’m Different…I’m Special, Mrs. Zee, the Substitute, and The Talking Tree: A Look into Race, and other books in English and Arabic.