Abdul-Rehman Malik. Embodying Story, Nurturing Transformation: The Storyteller as Changemaker.

Abdul-Rehman Malik. Embodying Story, Nurturing Transformation: The Storyteller as Changemaker.

Abdul-Rehman Malik is an award winning journalist, educator and cultural organizer. Lecturer and Associate Research Scholar at the Yale Divinity School, he also serves at the Program Coordinator at Yale University’s Council on Middle East Studies, and is responsible for developing curricula and partnerships with public schools to promote better cultural, language and religious literacy about the Middle East to educators and students alike. Abdul-Rehman also serves as Director of the Muslim Leadership Lab, an innovative student leadership program being incubated at the Dwight Hall Center of Social Justice at Yale. His work has spanned the UK, United States, Indonesia, Pakistan, Sudan, Mali, Morocco, Singapore, Canada and Malaysia among others. He is the host of the recently launched podcast “This Being Human” which explores kaleidoscope of contemporary Muslim experience and identity, and is supported by the Aga Khan Museum.

Part of Pop Up Leadership Academy for Ethnic Minority Leaders organised in partnership between Centre for Democracy and Peace Building and Washington Ireland Program, and supported by Irish American Partnership.