WISE Karbala Summit Schedule

Opening Ceremony

  • Nooh Kasraei – Opening Speech
  • Maulana Syed Muhammad Rizvi – The Message of Grand Ayatollah Sistani
  • Saad Al-din Hashim Al-Bana – Dr. Sayyed Laith Al-Haydari – Head of Al-Tekamul Schools
  • Dr. Zainab Hosseini – Keynote Speaker: Family Systems as Powerful Environments Shaping Children’s Outcomes: A Sociohistorical Analysis
  • Nauman Zaidi – Moderator: WISE Cafe

Day 1

A1: Islamic Schools and Family

  • Seyed Alireza Khoei – Moderator
  • Dr. Mahmoud Mehrmohammadi – Panelist, Tarbiat Modares University: Home-school systematic collaboration in reaching noble educational goals: A call for “Home Curriculum”
  • Mohammad Al Saadi – Panelist, Wisdom Academy: Raising the Parents of Tomorrow
  • Dr. Leila Mouhanna – Panelist, Azzahra College: Promoting Family and Parental Involvement at our School
  • Seyed Alireza Khoei – Panelist, Al-Sadiq School: Unveiling Relationship, Sex and Health Education (RSHE): Navigating Concerns and Choices in the School Curriculum

A2: Islamic Schools, Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on Holistic Development mind, body and spirit

  • Nauman Zaidi – Moderator
  • Syed Abazar Wahedy – Panelist, RISE East Bay School: Quran: A Course or A Pillar of Islamic Schools?
  • Nauman Zaidi – Panelist, RISE Institute: Al Kisa Curriculum
  • Anjum Mukhi – Panelist, Al- Hadi School: Physical Education at Al Hadi

Presentations

  • Dr. Mohammadreza Ardehali, Selm Academy: Nurturing the Whole Child: Holistic Education and the Islamic Comprehensive View
  • Dr. Hamed Beheshti, Lichten Dort School: What is an Islamic Propagation and How Community Teachers and Schools/ Madrasas/ Should Define the Pivot Point

Day 2

B1: Islamic Schools Operations, Transformations and Accreditation

  • Dr. Nooh Kasraei – Moderator
  • Mariam Mirza – Panelist, Al-Hadi School: School Operations at Al-Hadi
  • Sarah Hussein – Panelist, Kisa Foundation: School Handbooks and Operations Manuals by Kisa
  • Mohammad Shoeb Sayed – Panelist, Raabta: School Transformation by Raabta
  • Dr. Nooh Kasraei – Panelist, Al-Kasa Education System: Cognia Accreditation by Al-Kisa Education System

B2: Islamic Schools & Mental Health

  • Dr. Ali Jafarabadi – Moderator
  • Dr. Seyed Hadi Yassin – Panelist, Enlight Academy: Understanding the Mental Health of Students with Special Needs
  • Erum Jaffri – Panelist, Al-Zahra School: Navigating the Post-COVID Mental Health Landscape in Schools
  • Dr. Ali Jafarabadi – Panelist, Sadr Foundation: Psychological First Aid and Schools

Workshops

  • Dr. Amani, Alavi School and Matn Institute: Family Education: A New Approach to Training Documenting and Writing Experiences of Islamic Schools
  • Dr. Azra Naqvi, Hadi School of Excellence: The Leader in Me
  • Shaheen Khan, Al Hadi School: The Leader in Me
  • Dr. Nazanin Jabbari, Igloovy: Training Future Leaders in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Day 3

C1: Training Future Leaders

  • Omeed Rezaian – Moderator
  • Dr. Mortazavi – Panelist
  • Omeed Rezaian – Panelist, Google
  • Dr. Hossein Mirzapour – Panelist
  • Dr. Alireza Khalili – Panelist
  • Dr. Nooh Kasraei – Panelist, RISE Institute: Islamic Schools & Training Future Leaders – Case Studies from Schools

C2: Cordiality and Character Building

  • Dr. Azra Naqvi – Moderator
  • Sayyed Mohammad Farid Hijazi – Panelist, Persian Bosnian College: Cordiality in School
  • Tina Haralambopoulos – Panelist, RISE Institute: Roots of Risers: A Character Building Program
  • Seyed Alireza Abedi – Panelist, Al Hadi School: Training Future Leaders at Al Hadi
  • Inchad Mourtada – Panelist, Rihab Zahra School: Leaders of the Future

Workshops

  • Omeed Rezaian, Google: Leading into Our Future: As Individuals and as Teams
  • Dr. Iqbal Rashid, MD, Kaiser Permanente Hospitals: The Impact of Sleep on Learning and Behaviour
  • Dr. Ali Niazi, University of Cambridge: Impact Investing and Islamic Schools

Day 4

Workshops

  • Maryam Shahrestani, Samim Institute: Practical Guidance, Lesson Plans & Resources for