In 2000, Shaykha Aisha founded Doha Academy, a private primary and secondary school that emphasizes two areas: the British curriculum and instruction in moderate Islamic studies. Shaykha Aisha Al-Thani has also become involved in the Reach Out to Asia charity initiative which, in addition to giving aid to areas in need, is looking at ways to support schools in different Asian countries. Each year, Shaykha Aisha helps organize a high-profile conference on an educational issue.

Shaykha Aisha is also the CEO of Al Faleh Group of Companies. A new educational support centre was recently added to the group. The centre caters to students with special needs and promotes learning languages.

Over the years Hisham has become a staunch believer in the social responsibility of business organizations to the community they operate in and benefit from. To this end, at a business level, he has introduced financial concepts and business models within Xenel which have led to the creation of opportunities for the younger generation to develop their skills and pursue values and concepts leading to human betterment. At the community level, Hisham remains actively involved in facilitating those who have a thirst but not the means to acquire quality education. This is done mainly through specific and general grants and/or scholarships, enabling many students to acquire education through premier US universities.

Hisham’s belief in the importance of providing Saudi Arabian youth with an innovative and high-quality education has led to the establishment of Dar Al Fikr Schools, an independent, not-for-profit, private school in Jeddah, which has been in operation now for over two decades and is the only private school in Saudi Arabia allowed to follow its own curriculum. Several students from this school have been selected for higher education by Ivy League schools in US.

Hisham is also one of the principal founders of Dar Al-Hekma College, the first private not-for-profit women’s college in Saudi Arabia.

At a global and spiritual level, the thrust of Hisham’s charitable work has been towards creating the environment and facilities to develop innate human capabilities and a conscious relationship with the Divine. To this end, a charitable not-for-profit organization, The Book Foundation (BF), was set up and funded by Hisham and other like-minded individuals and organizations. This foundation has been responsible for promoting better understanding between East and West, promoting Islamic Art and philosophy, and the development of a universal curriculum intended to integrate man’s understanding of God, the universe and his own nature.

Hisham was schooled at Falah Schools in Jeddah and Wellington College in England, and thereafter studied Chemical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley (1969), and obtained a Masters in Business Administration from Columbia University (1971).

Before establishing Xenel with other family members, Hisham worked in the early 1970s for Charterhouse (London), Morgan & Cie (Paris), and Morgan Stanley (New York).

After ten years of studies abroad, he returned to the USA and earned degrees in Religious Studies and Health Care. He has traveled all over the world giving talks on Islam. He also founded Zaytuna Institute, which has established an international reputation for presenting a classical picture of Islam in the West and which is dedicated to the revival of traditional study methods and the sciences of Islam. Hamza Yusuf is the first American lecturer to teach in Morocco’s prestigious and oldest University, the Qarawiyin in Fes. In addition, he has translated into modern English several classical Arabic traditional texts and poems. He currently resides in Northern California with his wife and five children.

Dr. Obaji strongly believes in delivering the best and most honest medical care to his patients. He also has a keen interest in clinical research. He loves community service, traveling, and reading. Since age 13, Dr. Obaji has had a thirst for traditional Islamic sciences and spiritual purification.  He had the opportunity to study Quran, fiqh, and aqidah with many well-known scholars in Aleppo, Syria, where his primary teachers were Shaykh Mohamad Salkini, Shaykh Abdel-Kader Eissa, and Shaykh Abdullah Siraj. Dr. Obaji has participated in many interfaith meetings and has been mentoring and teaching young children about Islam.

In addition to his position at Sallie Mae, Hamed also volunteers his time as a member of the Hamilton County United Way Advisory Board, the Management Committee of the Indianapolis Muslim Community Association, the Technology Advisory Committee, ITEC; he also sits on the Majlis Shurah of Masjid al-Fajr in Indiana.

Tayyib spent 18 months studying Islam in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. He is a member of various organizations including the Islamic Medical Association (IMA), ADAMS Center, and many Medical Societies. He is the current representative for the Association for Pakistani Physicians of North America (APPNA) in Virginia and is a founding member of the Islamic Society of the Appalachian region. He serves as a faculty advisor to various MSA branches in the DC area and is also a pioneer member and advisor to Unity Productions. He currently lives in the DC Area with his wife.

Syed worked for over a year at BellSouth Mobility’s CLEC/Wireless project. He subsequently joined NightFire Software (now known as NeuStar, Inc.) in June 1999, in the Supplier Relations division, and has been distinguished on numerous occasions for commitment, dedication and high quality performance. He has served as a productive member of the international telecommunications industry since 2000 and has contributed heavily to the successful domestic launch of Wireless Number Portability by identifying and solving issues within the inter-carrier process. He lectures frequently and has been featured as a keynote speaker at telecommunications forums, and he sits on the inter-carrier vendor panel hosted by CTIA, the FCC, and Bennet & Bennet, PLLC.

Since 1997, Syed Mubeen has taken classes with Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi, Imam Zaid Shakir, and many other visiting scholars, and maintains his Islamic studies at Zaytuna. He has also served as Zaytuna’s President, as Vice Chair, and as Shaykh Hamza’s scheduling assistant since 2001.  Syed Mubeen has been mentoring and teaching male youth at the San Ramon Valley Islamic Center since 1994, and participates in the San Ramon Valley Interfaith Council. He has been featured as a speaker in various MSA forums and Islamic awareness activities. Syed Mubeen resides in Northern California with his mother, wife, and two children.

After a year of studying Arabic in Egypt, he settled in New Haven, Connecticut, where he co-founded Masjid al-Islam, the Tri-State Muslim Education Initiative, and the Connecticut Muslim Coordinating Committee. As Imam of Masjid al-Islam from 1988 to 1994, he spearheaded a community renewal and grassroots anti-drug effort in the local neighborhood; during this time, he also taught Political Science and Arabic at Southern Connecticut State University. For seven years in Syria, and briefly in Morocco, he immersed himself in an intense study of Arabic, Islamic law, Quranic studies, and Islamic spirituality with some of the top Muslim scholars of our age. In 2001, he graduated from Syria’s prestigious Abu Noor University and returned to Connecticut.

In 2003, he moved to Hayward, California to serve as a scholar-in-residence and lecturer at Zaytuna Institute, where he now teaches regular courses on Arabic, Islamic Law, History, and Islamic Spirituality. He has translated several works from Arabic into English, including The Heirs of the Prophets, published by Starlatch Press in 2001. In 2005, he released Scattered Pictures, an anthology of diverse essays, through Zaytuna Institute. He is widely regarded as an articulate voice on Islam and African-American issues and frequently speaks at major events on those subjects.