PROFESSOR & GRACE

Professor & Grace: A Muslim Story is, at its heart, a deeply personal exploration of the lives of Khaled Abou El Fadl, a distinguished professor of American law, leading Islamic jurist, and his wife, Grace. Through their experiences, we witness the broader complexities of post-9/11 America. Khaled, with his vast personal library of over 500,000 books, including rare banned Islamic manuscripts, represents a scholar’s commitment to preserving a pluralistic and rational Islamic history. He is one of the world’s leading critics of Saudi Arabia and Wahhabism, a conservative form of Islam, and is a fearless truth-teller who calls out injustice wherever he sees it. Despite numerous assassination attempts, he remains a prominent public intellectual. It is through the intimate lens of their relationship, struggles, and resilience that we view larger political themes such as Islamophobia, right-wing extremism, and the fight for justice.