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SUMMARY:2026 Muslim Women's Leadership Conference
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 N\n\n\n\nJoin the Sisterhood for a day of inspiration at our 2026 Muslim W
 omen’s Leadership Conference!\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Sisterhood proudly presents
  the 10th anniversary of our Muslim Women's Leadership Conference: “From
  Legacy we RISE."\nStay tuned for updates on our 2026 lineup\n\nKeynote Sp
 eaker:\n\nMalika Bilal is an award-winning international news journalist
 \, speaker and podcast host who splits her time between Los Angeles\, CA a
 nd Washington\, DC. For nearly two decades\, she has anchored breaking new
 s\, moderated global conversations\, and produced stories that amplify und
 errepresented voices across television\, digital\, and print.One of her mo
 st recent labors of love is the PBS documentary series “American Muslims
 : A History Revealed\," in which Malika serves as the presenter for two fi
 lms as part of a sweeping documentary exploration into the early history o
 f Muslims in the US.She also hosts The Take\, a daily news video podcast\,
  where her intimate interviews with newsmakers around the world have been 
 streamed millions of times\, and have twice earned her the Gracie Award fo
 r Best Podcast News Host\, in addition to honors from the Online Journalis
 m Awards\, Signal and Lovie Awards. Before that\, she spent eight years co
 -hosting The Stream\, the Emmy-nominated TV news talk show broadcast to mo
 re than 310 million households in over 140 countries.\n\nA Chicago native\
 , Malika studied at the American University in Cairo and graduated from No
 rthwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. She previously work
 ed for Voice of America\, and has written for the Chicago Tribune\, NPR an
 d ESPN. These days\, she combines all of those experiences when she appear
 s regularly on panels and at conferences to discuss media\, representation
 \, and the power of storytelling to bridge divides - a practice she tests 
 nightly at bedtime with her three kids under three.Malika’s reporting ha
 s taken her across the US and the Middle East. She has interviewed guests 
 spanning the political and entertainment spectrum: from the late President
  Jimmy Carter and the Dalai Lama\, to Yara Shahidi and Trevor Noah. Her fa
 vorite interviews\, though\, are with the people you haven’t heard of ye
 t.\n\nTickets are on sale NOW!\n\nJoin our Whatsapp Groupchat with updates
  on all events: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DZlmzmWhS5YF2uWED0Him3\n\n\n
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