Speakers

Shaykh Azhar Nasser

Religious Speaker

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Shaykh Azhar Nasser has a degree in cultural anthropology from the University of Michigan.

After completing his academic studies, he pursued his religious studies at the Hawza of Najaf under the offices of Grand Ayatollah Sistani and Grand Ayatollah Hakim.

In addition to his extensive study of classical religious texts, he has also taught introductory courses to western students at the seminary. Shaykh Azhar has a deep passion for the study of the Holy Quran which is evident from his lectures and discussions. Shaykh Azhar is the author of two books, “The Grand Tour: Quranic Descriptions of Paradise”, published in 2018 and “Spiritual Prescriptions”, published in 2019.

Sheikh Azhar is the Religious Director of Curriculum Planning. He is also a Co-Founder of Tasneem Institute.

Hasan Kubba

Executive coach and speaker

Hasan is an award-winning author, business coach and keynote speaker. His debut book The Unfair Advantage became an instant-bestseller, with its refreshing concept going viral, inspiring millions of people. It has been translated into multiple languages, featured in Forbes, Fortune and the BBC, and was also awarded ‘Business Book of the Year’. From starting his own business from his bedroom to a decade of experience in marketing, personal branding and technology, Hasan has become the go-to coach and strategist for some of the biggest online influencers and businesses, helping them reach millions in profit. He has also been invited to speak at some of the top business schools in the world, and has delivered keynote speeches at companies like Google, EY and WeWork.

Sukaina AbdulHussein

Registered Nutritionist

Sukaina is a Registered Nutritionist (BSc Hons) with a degree in Human Nutrition and over 8 years of experience working in the industry. She has a wealth of experience working alongside an FTSE 100 company and non-governmental organisations to help spread the word about evidence-based nutrition.
Sukaina now runs her own private online clinic where she focuses on South Asian women’s health. Her focus is optimising health and well-being by looking beyond calories, embracing cultural cuisine and diving deeper into a woman's relationship with food, female biology, gut health, hormones and so much more to empower her clients to be in the driver’s seat of their health.

Zahra Al Alawi
TV Presenter and Public Speaker

Zahra Al Alawi has graduated from a Media and Television degree at the University of Hertfordshire in England. As well as being personally tutored by Islamic scholars and lecturers. She has been presenting and delivering Islamic lectures globally for over 18 years. She has lectured and chaired conferences around the United Kingdom, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Dar-Es-Salaam, Iraq, Bahrain and Kuwait. Her TV talk show "Womans View" on Sky 831 broadcasted over 1000 episodes interviewing a range of women. She has gone on to host several other female led television shows
Zahra has also appeared on British media channels such as BBC, ITV3 and Channel4 speaking on Islamic issues. She has also been quoted in "The Telegraph" and "The Independent" news articles. Zahra had a meeting with the British Prime Minister in 2016 at 10 Downing Street where she projected to him the achievements of British Muslim Women.

Shaheen Merali
Hand in Hand Parenting Instructor

Shaheen Merali began her journey into the field of work of marriage and parenting over 20 years ago. Along with her husband, she began translating and compiling material on parenting which eventually became the first of the Heavenly Path series, of which there are three books.
Since then, they have conducted workshops on Spouse Selection, Marriage, Young Parenting and Teen Parenting in various parts of the world, including the UK, Africa, Canad and the US.
Shaheen has a BSc in Psychology, a Diploma in Montessori Education, and is a certified Hand in Hand Parenting Instructor. As well as parenting classes, until recently she also ran a business called Buzz Ideazz, which sought to help our children love their faith from an early age, through products and a sharing of ideas.

Ilyas Govani

Personal Trainer & Online Coach

Ilyas Govani is a Personal Trainer and Founder of GWG, Gains With Govinchy, a health and well-being business aimed at improving people’s health through a sustainable, realistic and fun approach.
His motto is: “Your health is your wealth, invest into it now and make unquantifiable returns”.

Doureine Hiridjee

Life & Mindset Coach for women

Relationship Mediator

Doureine's journey began after she became a mother of 3 and realised she lacked the tools she needed to fulfill her motherly duties entrusted to her by Allah.

Working in parallel with managing her family asset portfolio,

she began her unique journey into the miraculous world and relationship of the "Divine and the self". Doureine is now a dedicated Mindset and Life Coach with a passion of empowering women to find their best selves, particularly in relationships.

She draws upon her background in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) coaching, hypnotherapy and mediation, with expertise of helping people cultivate a growth mindset by changing the way they view the world, to enhance themselves.
Doureine understands the unique challenges faced by women in this society, being asked to wear multiple hats. Her coaching approach focuses on creating a safe space and finding alignment and setting goals to create a roadmap for a more sustained life-fulfilment.

Zameer Nazarali
Employment Lawyer, HR & Engagement specialist

OUR MC

Our Master of Ceremony is the CEO of the Simplify Group, who brings a great passion for helping “leaders LEAD” and engage with all those whose path they touch!

Zameer will navigate us through an exciting day of learning, whilst also sharing his nuggets of value on how we can become leaders within our own selves!