Lobna Mulla

Lobna Mulla is an American Muslim speaker and community educator in Southern California. She earned her bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of California, Irvine, and pursued her Islamic studies through various programs, receiving mentorship from well-known scholars. She has served in leadership roles in several Islamic organizations, focusing on social justice, women's empowerment and youth development. ¹ Al-Talib, the UCLA Muslim student magazine, describes her as a prominent youth leader within Southern California. ²

Lobna Mulla hosted the YouTube channel Double Shot Mocha, and led the UCLA Muslim Student Association's "Gender Relations & Marriage" discussion, answering attendees' questions on the etiquette and conditions of marriage in Islam. ² She is a motivational speaker and community educator, and served as an IOK Muslim Chaplain at UCLA, providing spiritual counsel to Muslim students on campus. ¹ She is a frequent speaker at conferences and workshops, addressing spirituality, family life and social issues affecting Muslims today. ¹

She lectures for the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research; her lecture "Gratitude, Modernity and the Need for God in the Equation", presented at the Yaqeen Academic Conference at the 2021 MAS-ICNA convention, teaches that practicing gratitude in times of ease and of darkness is a quality of a true believer. ³