What is the Muslim economy and how Sustainable is it? What are the barriers for Muslims to build a sustainable business? 

Omar DaCosta Shaahid is an entrepreneur,  Diversity & Faith specialist, and Marketing director with 10 years of experience in marketing, journalism, content creation, and PR. After working as a journalist for news outlets such as the times, the guardian, and others Omar is co-founder of two Advertising companies as well as an Executive board member for Muslim, the well-known online audio and video platform.  In his work, Omar focusses on building a thriving Muslim economy.

Huda Shaka. She is an environmentalist and urban planner who has been working on Arab Cities for over 15 years. In her work, Huda tries to make sure cities are people and planet focused. This means that cities should be healthy, resilient and sustainable.  Huda holds master degrees in Analytical chemistry and international urban planning. She is currently working in Abu Dhabi as advisor for the department of municipalities and transport.  Huda is also known and perhaps better known as the Green Urbanista. For many years she has been sharing her thoughts and challenges on building better cities and spaces on her blog and social media. We discuss the challenges of building sustainably in Dubai, a rapidly developing environment. Differences in how the west and middle east view green spaces and how to build cities that promote health. 

Ibrahim Abdul-Matin is one of the founders of the current Green Deen movement. He Authored the book Green Deen: what Islam teaches about protecting the planet in 2010. In the book, he highlights the responsibility of people of faith to protect the planet.

He works as a principal at Green Squash Consulting, a management consulting firm in New York, and lectures in public policy at Baruch college. His work focuses on deepening democracy and improving public engagement. In the years past he worked as director of community affairs at the New York department of environmental protection and as a policy advisor to the mayor of new york.  He has a master's degree in Public Administration with a focus on the management of cities.

We discuss his current outlook on the world, how the Muslim community can become more resilient, and solutions for the coming refugee crisis.