We were fortunate to have been raised in a household with a strong background in both modern and Islamic education. United Kingdom is our home but we have travelled widely in pursuit of learning. Our parents diligently instilled in us the love of reading, learning and contemplating. We come from a family of knowledge and scholarship with our maternal grandfather hailing from Aligarh Muslim University (India) and our own father an Islamic scholar, read Economics and went on to establish and lead several educational institutions in the United Kingdom. Our mother has been teaching for over three decades. Knowledge is that which is beneficial to oneself and others, we were taught. We were reminded that education is for personal enlightenment and an exploration of the mysteries of creation and human potential and not merely for the pursuance of a caree
All six of us (we are four sisters and two brothers) are products of our parents’ vision, sacrifice, guidance and love. Indeed we have a lot more to learn, experience and share. However, we have traversed the different worlds of education graduating from some of the best universities in the world - UCL, Imperial College, SOAS, Institute of Education and other world class institutions. Amongst us, we have (1) a visiting lecturer at the University of Oxford with research interests in jurisprudence and ethics, author and translator of fifteen books, and a co-founder and CEO of an award winning global media company, (2)a qualified teacher who successfully managed her own supplementary school for over a decade, (3) a qualified primary school teacher who went on to become a deputy headmaster at a private school in the United Kingdom and also established an Islamic education institute focusing on female scholarship, (4) an Azhar University trained scholar who is an NHS Muslim chaplain and is a counselor, (5) a pharmacist who has an academic interest in genomics and teaches Arabic language and (6) our youngest sibling who is graduating soon as a pharmacist from Kings College London alongside pursuing Arabic and Islamic studies, has a passion for photography and is aspiring to become an entrepreneur.
We have learnt Arabic and classical Islamic sciences and have travelled abroad to Cairo, Damascus, Amman and Istanbul to study with masters of our faith tradition and we have been teaching these classical sciences for the past two decades. We have balanced and integrated both worlds of education as well as having established our own careers and financial independency. We have established a family charitable foundation, led by our father. The foundation works to help alleviate poverty in some of the most deprived corners of the world and provides educational scholarships. We care about social change and impact.
Most of us now are married and have children of our own who are growing up fast. Some of us are homeschooling our children and others have sent our children to independent and state schools whilst providing a holistic faith based curriculum at home. With the rapid pace of change in the world primarily driven by technological innovation, the ever growing socio-ethical challenges, we began to ask ourselves -how do we impart to our children, and to adults, the best education, in a way that is reflective of our values, that is holistic, transformative and empowers them to navigate the complexities of the 21st Century? And we found ourselves embarking on a new journey - integrating education with technology and spirituality.
Ecrademy is our ambition to share that journey with you all.
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Ecrademy is a dynamic digital educational academy which seeks to provide holistic, relevant and transformative learning experiences. We synthesise the best of the traditional and the modern and strive for ethical excellence.