International Education Week keynote speaker Aman Ali will give a crash course on what it means to be Muslim in America, cultural sensitivity and addressing cultural issues in a productive and meaningful way.
Ali is an award-winning storyteller in New York City and one of the most engaging social media personalities in the Muslim community today.
He is also one of the only young American Muslims in the public spotlight today. He's made appearances on dozens of media outlets such as the New York Times, CNN, NBC News, HBO, BBC and NPR to talk about the shenanigans of being an awkward brown kid from Ohio.
He is currently the co-director of the documentary Two Gods, about a group of Muslim morticians trying to stop gang violence in Newark, New Jersey. The film was featured at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival and continues to garner buzz in the industry.
He was recently named by YouTube and Google as a "Content Creator to Watch" for his channel Homegrown Homies, a storytelling channel telling human stories about the Muslim community.
He first shot to fame for being the co-creator of the social media phenomenon 30 Mosques in 30 Days, a 25,000 mile road trip he took to all 50 states in the U.S. with the mission of telling groundbreaking and profound stories about Muslims in America.
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