Staff: Sarah Sayeed
Article Date: 7/2/2009
Article Name: Women’s Spiritual Voices: Crossing Continents, Finding Common Ground
Author: Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
Summary: ublished online, Religion & Ethics Newsweekly covers an interfaith panel on women’s leadership, moderated by Sarah Sayeed, Program Associate. Held on May 21, 2009, the program was sponsored by the Moroccan American Cultural Center and the American Jewish Committee on the occasion of a visit by the Mourchidates of Morocco. The Mourchidaat are women religious counselors who are trained to serve alongside imams, or traditional male religious leaders; they are assigned to mosques and communities across Morocco to provide spiritual instruction, guidance and support, particularly to women, teens, and children. Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
