Umoja Outreach Foundation

Hidaya Nawee – Writer

Hidaya Nawee is a speaker, writer, and activist whose work predominantly focuses on issues of race, gender, religion, and disability advocacy with the overarching theme of God-centered social justice. She views activism as any action that one can do consistently in order to better oneself, one’s community, and one’s relationship with Allah (SWT). After spending […]

Amin Shehata – Student, Public Health and Global Poverty

Amin is a senior Public Health Sciences major at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is also minoring in Global Poverty. He is multicultural and appreciates cosmopolitanism. He hopes to be able to put any hard and soft skills he acquires to use in serving humanity, and elevating the standard of living and quality […]

Faraj Mental Health – Community Voice

Faraj Mental Health is a non-profit community organization founded in January of 2021. Faraj's main goal is to increase mental health literacy within the Muslim community, provide support and resources to community members, and create a safe space for events that discuss important, taboo, and nuanced topics or issues surrounding mental health and wellbeing within […]

Azwar Khalid – App Developer and Co-Founder, Alkutab School

Azwar Khalid is CEO of 247 Labs and co-founder of the online Alkutab Islamic School. He is a father, husband, software architect and entrepreneur with passion for understanding deep meanings behind the teachings of our religion and seeks to understand how one can model a happy life-style through the guidance of the Ahlul Bayt (A.S.)

Al-Huda Youth – Community Voice

Al Huda Youth's main initiatives are to provide an in-depth understanding of the main Islamic pillars, providing youth with tools needed to navigate Western society while maintaining Islamic values, and to host leisure events for youth to destress and form bonds within the Muslim community. Al Huda offers a combination of activities, such as lectures, […]

Hanna Kassim – Immigration Case Worker

Hanna was born in Toronto and has been living there ever since. She graduated from University in 2019 with her BA and then received an immigration consultant certificate in November 2020. In May 2021, she passed her licensing exam and is awaiting issuance of her official Immigration Consulting license. Hanna has been working at legal […]

Qaim Naqvi – Environmental Scientist

Qaim Naqvi, a Chicago native, is a University of Illinois graduate in Natural Sciences and Environmental Science. He has worked in a variety of different areas of environmental conservation, from ecological research to community outreach to trail work in some of the most remote areas of the U.S. One of his long-term goals is to […]

Mariam Charara – Author

Mariam Dahoui Charara is the author of the upcoming book series, 'To Enter His Gardens', a Figs and Olives Publications product.  She received a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and a Master's degree in Teaching, with specialties in English and Speech. She is a wife and mother of two children.

Ahmed Kermalli – Registered Nurse & Entrepreneur

Born and raised in Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania, Ahmed completed secondary and advanced level education at Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School. He moved to Edmonton, Canada to pursue further education. He graduated with Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BscN) and has been working for Covenant Health for more than 15 years, areas of specialty have been general […]

Sabah Hashmi – Senior Policy Analyst and Entrepreneur

Sabah Hashmi is the founder of Sabah’s Corner, a blog that strives to support the rapidly growing number of fellow Muslim parents navigating parenthood in the West. Born and raised in Canada herself, with a masters degree, she turned to blogging to address this gap once she herself became a mother. In her blog, you […]