Ikhlas Saleem is a writer, storyteller and digital media strategist, with a passion for religion, culture and education. Saleem created, produces and is co-host of Identity Politics, a podcast on race, gender and Muslims in America. She serves as the Director of Digital Content for Education Post, a communications nonprofit focused on improving public education. In this role, she manages editorial and digital content, and produces and co-hosts Education Post’s podcast, Voices4Ed. She previously served as the religion editor and web developer for Sapelo Square: An Online Resource for Black Muslims in the United States.

Saleem and her work have been featured in NPR, Buzzfeed and The Atlantic, and she was named one of "18 Muslim Women to Watch in 2018" by Muslim Girl. She is also a fellow of the American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute (AMCLI). In one of our favorite articles she has written, Saleem talks how there’s nothing regular about being Black and Muslim in America. Saleem holds a bachelor's degree from Wellesley College and a master's of theological studies from Harvard Divinity School.

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