grawemeyer award in religion

Leila Ahmed, Harvard Divinity School Muslim Scholar, Wins Prestigious Grawemeyer Award

Dec 4, 2012

Leila Ahmed, a Harvard Divinity School professor specializing in women and Islam, will be the first Muslim woman to be receiving the University of Louisville’s prestigious Grawemeyer Award in Religion, a $100,000 cash prize. The award is for her 2011 book, “A Quiet Revolution: The Veil’s Resurgence, from the Middle East to America.” The book explores […]