Name: Fathima Haseefa

Recipient Type: Scholarship Recipient

Recipient Year: 2015

School Name: Bayyinah Institute Dream Program

Major: BS: Islamic Law and Theology

Description: Fathima Haseefa graduated from BASIS Chandler High School. She was involved with the Muslim Student Association in hopes of promoting a better understanding of Islam among the students and faculty and had the opportunity to organize events such as Islam awareness fairs. Fathima attended the Bayyinah Dream program to fulfill her dream of understanding the Arabic language as a means to internalize the Quran’s eloquent message and represent Islam as the truly beautiful religion it is. Fathima has since pursued other religious studies and serves as an activist in both the intrafaith and interfaith communities.