Our Story

The Muraqaba School is the dream project by founders Wadud & Leiya. They both grew up in the North Dallas area of Collin County, and as a young husband-wife team, quickly found their calling in education. From leading Sunday and Summer Programs to co-founding three different schools in the DFW area, they have always been passionate about teaching and mentoring our youth. With an eye for continuous development and researching the latest best practices, they created a unique, project-based Prophetic Tarbiyah curriculum for kids and a certification course for teachers. After training over a hundred schools and organizations globally, including USA, Canada, South Africa, and Australia, they decided it’s time to dream big and launch their own school - an environment of Ihsaan, integrating research, innovation, and traditions of teaching and learning to enable children to reach the best version of themselves academically, emotionally, physically and spiritually.

Our 20+ Years Journey

Youth Leaders
Grew up in Collin County. Love for education and youth leadership for Masjid Sunday & Summer schools (1995-2004). Started 1st Islamic School in Plano in 2004.
School Leadership
Wadud served as the Assistant Principal and Leiya College Guidance Counselor for 4 years at local Islamic school from 2007 - 2013
Accreditation
Wadud & Leiya were part of the original founding team in 2009 for another Islamic school now based in Plano. Later Wadud spent 2 years there as Principal and helped the school become re-accredited in 2023.
Harvard, Vanderbilt, and AT&T
Wadud & Leiya received their Leadership Training from Harvard in the summer of 2012. They graduated from Vanderbilt University with Masters in Education (Leadership LOP) and MBA in 2015. Wadud became a certified Mindfulness/EQ coach through SIY which started at Google and Leiya became a Marketing Director at AT&T.
Define360
Define360 was founded and launched in 2016 to serve the community with curriculum for teaching children Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence through an Islamic framework. It evolved beyond Sunday & Summer school into a global teacher training program in 2019. Successfully implemented in VRIC (2018-2020) and Frisco communities (2023-2024).
Muraqaba
Launched Muraqaba app in 2023 for “Developing Mindful Muslims” - at the intersection of Science and Islamic Psychology + Spirituality. Founded Muraqaba Institute in 2024 to bring all our services under one brand, including The Muraqaba School.
Youth Leaders
Grew up in Collin County. Love for education and youth leadership for Masjid Sunday & Summer schools (1995-2004). Started 1st Islamic School in Plano in 2004.

Our 20+ Years Journey

Youth Leaders
Grew up in Collin County. Love for education and youth leadership for Sunday & Summer schools (1995-2004). Started first school in Plano in 2004.
School Leadership
Wadud served as the Assistant Principal and Leiya College Guidance Counselor for 4 years at another local school from 2007 - 2013.
Accreditation
Wadud & Leiya were part of the original founding team in 2009 for another local school now based in Plano. Later Wadud spent 2 years there as Principal and helped the school become re-accredited in 2023.
Harvard, Vanderbilt,
and AT&T
Wadud & Leiya received their Leadership Training from Harvard in the summer of 2012. They graduated from Vanderbilt University with Masters in Education (Leadership LOP) and MBA in 2015. Wadud became a certified Mindfulness/EQ coach through SIY which started at Google and Leiya became a Marketing
Director at AT&T.
Define
Define was founded and
launched in 2016 to serve the community with curriculum for teaching children Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence through a faith-based framework. It evolved beyond Sunday & Summer school into a global teacher training program in 2019.
Successfully implemented in VRIC (2018-2020) and Frisco
communities (2023-2024).
Muraqaba
Launched Muraqaba app in 2023 for “Developing Mindful Muslims” - at the intersection of Science and Faith-based Psychology and Spirituality.
Founded Muraqaba Institute in 2024 to bring all our services under one
brand, including
The Muraqaba School.

Meet The Team

Staff Bios can be read here
Wadud Hassan
Principal & Founder

20+ years in School & Curriculum Leadership, Teacher Training, & Consulting

Houda Elrhouaoui
Assistant Principal

12+ years in Educational Leadership, Curriculum Development, & Teacher Mentorship

Leiya Hasan
Operations Director & Founder

20+ years in School Management, Corporate Marketing, & Strategy

Mona Hammad
Instructional Excellence Coach

15+ years in Curriculum Design, Teacher Training, and Prog. Manager for Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth

Adil Khan
Marketing & Ops Admin

BA in Communication Media Production, William Paterson Univ., NJ

Adeela Syed
School Coordinator

B.S. in Business (HR Management), with Experience in Islamic School Administration & Community Building

Rafia Shaikh
Kindergarten Teacher

10+ years teaching experience for PreK & KG in Plano ISD & Islamic Schools

Ashley Ilboudo
Grade 1 Teacher

Veteran teacher with public & private schools & pursuing Masters in Elementary Education

Shehla Dhar
Grade 2 Teacher

MS in Science & 7+ years elementary teacher experience

Rana Itani
Grade 3 Teacher

6+ years in International Teaching, Math & Science Curriculum, & IB Programs

Amina Kamran
Grade 4 Teacher

10+ years in Personalized Tutoring, Classroom Teaching, & Instructional Support

Sofia Ali
Grade 5 Teacher

5+ years Upper Elementary Lead teacher experience & Montessori certified

Parvin Ranjbar
Grade 6 Teacher

Dual-Degree in Biology, Education, & Electrical Engineering, with 8 years of STEM Teaching Experience

Khadicha Sultonova
Qur’an Teacher

Hafiza with 2 ijaza, winner of international Qur’an competition, 3 years teaching experience

Eman Pardesi
Qur’an Teacher

Tajweed certified with several years experience teaching Qur’an & Islamic Studies

Mina Djeffal
Arabic Teacher

15+ years experience teaching Arabic at Islamic school & fluent in Arabic, English and French

Nancy Abdeldaym
Arabic and Quran Teacher Assistant

B.S. in Civil Engineering, with Islamic Studies (Al-Azhar Affiliated) & a Tajweed Certification

Saiyara Chowdhury
Support Specialist

Background in Clinical Psychology, with Experience in School Support & Camp Coordination

Aijamal Osmonova
Instructional Aid

M.Arch Background, with Experience in Homeschool Education & Creative, Real-World Learning

Hikmah Jamal
Physical Education Coach

Competitive Rower & Swim Coach with a Background in Psychology & Physical Therapy

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