M. Hasna Maznavi
American writer
Died when: 39 years 182 days (474 months)Star Sign: Libra
M.Hasna Maznavi (born circa 1985) founded The Women’s Mosque of America, the first women-led Muslim house of worship in the United States.
Hasna is also a WGA comedy writer/director committed to changing the way Islam & Muslims are represented in mainstream American media.
The Women's Mosque of America is her effort to uplift the entire Muslim community by empowering the women within, and to spark the pathway towards a worldwide women-led Islamic Renaissance — one that is shaped by Muslim women’s voices, participation, leadership, and scholarship.
Maznavi had a childhood dream to build a mosque before she died as her sadaqa jariyah (ongoing charity), and she was further inspired by reading the Qur'an in English in entirety and her own study of Islamic history which revealed a rich history of female Muslim religious leadership before she decided to establish her dream mosque with rotating women khateebahs (preachers), which sets a precedent for women's leadership in American Islam.
