SALMA HASAN ALI

Salma uses the power of stories to bring people together, inspire kindness and service, and reveal a person’s true purpose. Her personal essays and features have been published in national and international media and her inspiring public speaking around the world helps people develop a greater sense of connection and community. Through her storytelling consulting practice Salma helps individuals and organizations develop, write, and market their own narratives.

Her limited-edition handmade book 30 Days - Stories of Gratitude, Traditions, and Wisdom has been covered by NPR’s Morning Edition, NowThis, The Washington Post, and Fox 5, among others, and has been launched internationally in Madrid, Granda, London, Bradford, Paris, Lisbon, Washington DC, and New York. The 30 Days Journal makes it easy for people to capture their own personal stories. Her newest book, BenchTalk: Wisdoms Inspired in Nature, reveals people’s wishes and worries, their grief and gratitude, as shared through little yellow journals left in nature—a poignant reminder of our common humanity.

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30 Days - Stories of Gratitude, Traditions, and Wisdom

A handmade book of personal stories—enhanced by exquisite original artwork—to spark conversations around topics we all share in common: doing good deeds, expressing gratitude, preserving traditions, and cherishing wisdoms from our elders.

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30 Days Journal

A handmade journal—enhanced by exquisite original artwork and Rumi’s poetry—to capture your own personal stories of gratitude, traditions, wisdoms, kindness, inspiration, and reflections. A beautiful gift for yourself, your family, and future generations.

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Wisdoms Inspired in Nature

A beautifully handbound, limited edition book composed  of journal entries on love, loss and life, collected from journals placed in publicly accessible green spaces—a poignant reminder of our shared humanity.

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Salma’s Writing

Salma’s personal essays, feature stories, and 30 Days and humanKIND blogs help people feel a sense of connection by focusing on values we all share in common.

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Salma’s Speaking

Salma’s stories, keynotes, presentations, and workshops leave audiences of all ages feeling inspired, motivated, and hopeful.

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KindWorks

As Chief Inspiration Officer of KindWorks, Salma creates campaigns to promote volunteerism and captures and shares tales of ordinary people doing good.

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Everyday stories of kindness and humanity that I come across daily to inspire positivity and hope.

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Thank you to #nfreads for this interview about my newest book, ‘BenchTalk: Wisdoms Inspired in Nature’. It’s a collection of gems, that people wrote in hundreds of yellow journals tucked under benches in green spaces designed and su
Friends, each week we're going to share a little nugget ( a soupçon, if you will) about soup - it's role in history and culture, it's appearance in literature and art, as well as recipes and more - as part of our new #KindSoupStories project
My father in law has not been well; to be honest, he’s really not been well. Yesterday was his 89th birthday - what a gift on Father’s Day. He rallied. Left his bed for the first time in weeks; we wheelchaired him to his favorite recline
It was a dream for this ManU-obsessed family to get to see them play in the FA Cup Final at @wembleystadium_ in London. Even though it didn’t go our way, we loved every minute of being there together. Our assigned seats were in different rows -
Amazing to launch "BenchTalk: Wisdoms Inspired in Nature" in the Bay Area with Alden Stoner -- what a beautiful, inspiring event in the most serene, stunning setting. Grateful to Nature Sacred and to our hosts for their hospitality and for
Mothers, teachers, friends.❤️#HMD from our family to yours.
Meet dear Latifa. She starts her new job today, at the House of Representatives cafeteria! KindWorks set up their apartment and last week they invited us to have an Afghan lunch as a gesture of gratitude. Latifa and her husband Elyas were evacuated f
Eid Mubarak from our family to yours. Blessed, Alhumdulillah.
Thank you to @themuslimvibe for featuring my article about #storytelling in #Ramadan. "This Ramadan I’ve been asking a diverse group of Muslims, from journalist @mehdirhasan to content creator @amenakhan to answer a personal question abou
30 Days stories: @dr.yusefsalaam is one of the most graceful and inspiring people I’ve ever met. Given what he’s gone through—in 1989, when he was just 15, he was tried and convicted in the “Central Park Jogger” case and
30 Days stories (wisdom): I’ve followed @amenakhan, a UK based social media content creator and presenter (on fashion, beauty and lifestyle issues with an audience of over 1.5 million) on Instagram for years and I appreciate her openness in tal
30 Days of stories (wisdom): A wisdom from El-Hibri Foundation President Farhan Latif. “There is so much wisdom that my father imparted to me growing up that continues to guide me, but one in particular that I think about often is both his ex