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Mobeen Vaid is an American Muslim speaker, teacher, and writer. A Muslim public intellectual, his work explores how traditional Islamic frames of thinking intersect with the modern world, including Islamic sexual and gender norms. He holds a Master’s in Islamic Studies from Hartford Seminary. He speaks at conferences, advises Muslim college students, and served as campus minister to the Muslim community while a student at George Mason University. His scholarly work includes a review of The Study Qur’an for the Journal of Islamic Sciences and the article “‘And the Male is Not Like the Female’: Sunni Islam and Gender Nonconformity.” His articles have appeared on MuslimMatters and on his Medium publication, Occasional Reflections, and he has contributed to the Yaqeen Institute.