Laila Al-Marayati is the spokesperson and past president of the Muslim Women’s League (MWL), a Los Angeles-based organization dedicated to strengthening the role of Muslim women in society.  Al-Marayati has written articles and participated in numerous conferences addressing issues of concern to Muslim women, including such topics as: basic women’s rights in Islam; reproductive health and sexuality; stereotyping; and violence against women.  Al-Marayati spearheaded the MWL’s efforts on behalf of rape survivors from the war in Bosnia in 1993 and she was a member of the official US Delegation to the UN Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995. Al-Marayati also has participated in numerous activities related to international religious freedom.  She served as a Presidential appointee to the Commission on International Religious Freedom and was a member of the State Department Advisory Committee on Religious Freedom Abroad.  She has testified before Congress and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe regarding religious intolerance against Muslims in Europe. As an American of Palestinian descent, Al-Marayati frequently speaks and writes about the rights of Palestinians.  She is chairperson of the Board of Directors of KinderUSA, a humanitarian organization whose primary focus is on the health and educational needs of Palestinian children living in the West Bank and Gaza. Al-Marayati is a Board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist working as the Director of Women’s Health at the Northeast Valley Health Corporation in Southern California.  She is a Clinical Professor at the USC School of Medicine.

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Seminar speeches given by Laila Al-Marayati:

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