She is Founding Director and Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at Howard University School of Divinity.
[3] As a young woman, Alwani studied at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University.
[6][5] Alwani is also the first female jurist to sit on the board of the Fiqh Council of North America.
[2] She is active in continuing her father's thought and approach to minority fiqh.
[10] Hadia Mubarak identifies Zainab and Ruqaia as part of a growing body of female Muslim Qur'anic commentators.