Title: Editor-in-chief and Publisher
Organization: Azizah Magazine
Area of Expertise: Arts & Culture, Interfaith issues, Women’s issues, Youth issues
Media Experience: TV, Print, Radio, Newsweek, NPR, New York Times, Boston Globe, Fox News
Location: Atlanta, GA
Contact: Leah Borkin, Fenton Communication
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Tayyibah Taylor is the founding editor-in-chief and publisher of Azizah Magazine. Through Azizah, Tayyibah Taylor realized her vision of providing a vehicle for the voice of Muslim American women – a vehicle that portrays their perspectives and experiences, and shatters commonly held stereotypes. This work blends her passion for spirituality, women’s issues and communication. For six years of her life, Tayyibah Taylor had simultaneous legal claim to residency in five different countries. This unique experience provided her with the lens through which she views the universe.
Tayyibah has visited 26 countries and has presented lectures on Islam and Muslim women at national and international conferences, including the Harvard Divinity School’s Islam in America Conference; the International Islamic University of Malaysia’s Islam and Muslims in the 21st Century Conference, the Belgian -US Muslim Dialogue, the Lecture Series at the women’s college of Shariah and Law of the International Islamic University of Islamabad, Pakistan, and the Fulbright Symposium in Perth, Australia. She was a participant and a panel moderator at the 2006 WISE conference in New York City which convened 100 Muslim women leaders from all over the globe to discuss women’s participation in Islamic law. Tayyibah Taylor has worked on several interfaith initiatives and traveled to Turkey, Spain, Morocco, Jerusalem, Greece and Jordan with various groups of Jews, Christians and Muslims.
Born on the island of Trinidad in the Caribbean, Tayyibah Taylor grew up in Toronto, Canada and studied biology and philosophy at the University of Toronto. She lived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for several years and attended classes at King Abdul-Aziz University for Arabic and Islamic Studies.
She sits on the board of the Faith Alliance of Metro Atlanta and the board of directors of Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters. She also served on the board of trustees for the Georgia Council for International Visitors and on the advisory board of the Southern Regional Council. Tayyibah Taylor received the 2005 Media Award from the Concerned Black Clergy of Atlanta, the 2003 Honoring Women in the Media Award from the Muslim Women’s League and the 2002 Hagar Achievement through Sacrifice Award from Sisters United in Human Service. She is a graduate of Leadership Atlanta, Class 2005 and the Diversity Leadership Academy, Atlanta Class 2003. Tayyibah Taylor is the mother of five children.
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