Ilyasah Shabazz (born July 22, 1962) is an American author, community organizer, social activist, and motivational speaker.

She was named after Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam, the religious and Black nationalist group to which her parents belonged.

[4] Together with her sisters, she joined Jack and Jill, a social club for the children of well-off African Americans.

[9] After graduating, Shabazz earned a master's degree in Education and Human Resource Development from Fordham University.

[26] Her middle-grade novel about her mother's childhood, Betty Before X, was published in January 2018 alongside co-author Renée Watson.

[27][28] It was one of the 2019 Bank Street Children's Book Committee Best Books of the Year and received an "Outstanding Merit" recognition[29] Shabazz is a trustee for the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, the Malcolm X Foundation, and the Harlem Symphony Orchestra.