Sabeeha Rehman

Sabeeha "Bia" Rehman (born 1951) is a Pakistani-American author and podcaster on American Muslim identity and interfaith relations. She is known for Threading My Prayer Rug: One Woman’s Journey From Pakistani Muslim to American Muslim and We Refuse to be Enemies: How Muslims and Jews Can Make Peace, One Friendship at a Time (with Walter Ruby, 2021).

Early life and education Sabeeha Rehman was born in 1951 in Pakistan as Sabeeha Akbar. She earned a postgraduate degree from C.B. College in Rawalpindi. Hassan disputed Rehman's characterization of jihad as "an innocuous defensive or inner struggle", citing Hassan's own book The Case Against Jihad, concluding that on balance, Rehman's outlook is "refreshingly inclusive". and was short-listed for the 2018 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing.

While trying to instill in her children a Muslim identity with little peer support, Rehman sought advice from a Jewish friend, calling this “minorities reaching out to minorities”.

Rehman's third book It’s Not What You Think: An American Woman in Saudi Arabia covered the six years she and her husband spent in Riyadh. Her 2024 play The Pakistani Bride, a fictionalized drama, depicted cultural pressures around love marriage in Pakistan. Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and New York Daily News.

Personal life Sabeeha Rehman is a practising Muslim.

Works Threading My Prayer Rug: One Woman’s Journey From Pakistani Muslim to American Muslim, Arcade Publishing, 2016. We Refuse to be Enemies: How Muslims and Jews Can Make Peace, One Friendship at a Time (with Walter Ruby), Arcade Publishing, April 2021. It’s Not What You Think: An American Woman in Saudi Arabia, Arcade Publishing, 2022. The Pakistani Bride (2024 play)