Amani al-Khatahtbeh:American author, activist and tech entrepreneur

October 22, 2022

Amani al-Khatahtbeh is an American author, activist and tech entrepreneur.

She founded MuslimGirl, a media outlet. The aim of the blog is to raise the place of Muslim women in society. The website reached 1 million hits in 2018. She also partnered with Teen Vogue magazine for the web series. The web series explored the issues of concern to Young Muslim women.

In 2016 she also published a memoir Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age. She was a panelist in Brisbane Writers Festival, Australia. She unsuccessfully ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Representative for New Jersey’s 6th Congressional district in 2020. She became the first Muslim woman in New Jersey to run for federal office.

In 2016, Khatahtbeh was included in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Media for her work in MuslimGirl. She was named as one of the 25 Most Influential Muslim Americans by CNN.