Listen in to Amina's 2-part interview with Afeefa Syeed. This first portion focuses on defining Islamic education and human development. Afeefa Syeed most recently served as Senior Advisor at the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has been a Scholar Consultant for the Carter Center, and is currently Research Associate with Cambridge University's Institute on Religion and International Studies, and Senior Fellow and Advisory Council Member for Institute for Global Engagement's Center for Women, Faith & Leadership.
She also founded a community-based school whose core curriculum includes peace education, service-in-action, and place-based learning. The school has been an incubator and global model for innovative practices in integrated learning and teaching including creating a curriculum to teach religious studies in a holistic manner.
