Meet the tea

Anver M. Emon is Professor of Law and History and Canada Research Chair of Islamic Law and History at the University of Toronto. His research integrates a careful attention to Islamic legal history and contemporary debates on law and governance.

Zaid Khan is a Strategist with a particular interest in bringing both "design" and "creative"-led practices to research projects.

Mitra Fakhrashrafi (she/her) is a curator and emerging archivist interested in creating places of sanctuary and indebted to border abolition organizing. In 2020, Mitra published a Master’s thesis on shisha bans, surveillance and Muslim placemaking in the Greater Toronto Area.

Aly is an archivist at Muslims in Canada Archives (MiCA) with experience in media design and web3, and an interest in the study of religion and geography.

Bee Khaleeli recently received their Master’s degree from the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto, with a focus on Archives and Records Management and Library and Information Studies. They have extensive prior experience working in community organizations. Bee has been part of the MiCA team since May 2021.

Moska is the founding archivist of the Muslims in Canada Archives (2019-2022). Moska received her Master of Information in Archives and Records Management from the University of Toronto in 2019 and advocates for archives/archival practice that centers communities.