Of Hockey and Hijab: Reflections of a Canadian Muslim Woman

• Sheema Khan
• TSAR Publications, 2009
• Paperback, 160 pages
• 9781894770569

Sheema Khan writes a monthly column for the Globe and Mail on issues pertaining to Islam and Muslims. She holds a PhD from Harvard University in Chemical Physics, along with numerous patents on drug delivery technology. She has served on the Board of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (2004-2008), and is the founder of the Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) and its former chair (2000-2005). She testified as an expert witness on Muslims in Canada before the O_Connor Inquiry, and has appeared before a number of parliamentary committees. In addition, she has spoken at numerous NGO conferences and government agencies on issues of security, civil rights and Muslim cultural practice. She is currently a patent agent in Ottawa.