A conversation with Dalia Mogahed, Executive Director and Senior Analyst, Abu Dhabi Gallup Center for Muslim Studies. Dalia leads the analysis of surveys of Muslims worldwide, including in the U.S. and Europe. With John L. Esposito, she coauthored the groundbreaking book Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think. In 2010, Arabian Business magazine recognized her as one of the most influential Arab women in the world, and The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre included Mogahed in its 2009 and 2010 lists of the 500 most influential Muslims. Ashoka named Mogahed the Arab World’s Social Innovator of the Year in 2010.

Mogahed’s analysis has appeared in a number of leading publications, including TheWall Street Journal, Foreign Policy magazine, the Harvard International Review, and many other academic and popular journals. Her audiences have included heads of state, parliamentarians from around the world, and religious leaders from every faith.

Mogahed earned her master’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in strategy from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh.

This talk has been developed in coordination with Women Making Democracy, a conference organized by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, to be held March 29-30, 2012.