Suhayl Hafiz Head of Curriculum
Location: Preston | UK
As teachers we invariably encounter a variety of charged or difficult conversations in our richly diverse classrooms. We can struggle with the pedagogy of how to present controversial or contested interpretations of our history.
As a Head of Curriculum at Abrar Academy, an Independent Islamic Boys school in Preston, I have enjoyed developing and facilitating frameworks for understanding and identifying multiple perspectives. I have significant experience in overcoming cultural and religious sensitivities and facilitating for intercultural and interreligious dialogue.
I strongly believe in this tumultuous world, it is important to seek opportunities to engage with each other on a deeper level of what makes us human, through both our phenomenal commonality and our dazzling religious and cultural differences. I believe it is this active and open hearted encounter and dialogue between different cultures and religions for the purpose of affirming universal values as the urgent task before us.
You may find some of the articles below of interest:
Muslim and Jewish students learn new approach to Middle East - The Jewish Chronicle
