Biography

Safra has a BA in Islamic Studies and Pastoral care. She is presently pursuing a Masters in Islamic Education and is the Head teacher at Markfield Maktab. She was the youngest member ever to be appointed at the Ilma Education Foundation Colombo where she offered her services on an honorary basis for almost a decade. After completing her Diploma in Taleemul Quran she volunteered as a teacher at Al Huda Institute. She is a founder of Angels Academy Colombo, a supplementary Islamic school for children and Wings of Humanity charity foundation that connects donors to empower the underprivileged in Sri Lanka. She enjoys water colour painting and Arabic calligraphy in her free time. She hopes to build a positive mental health culture among Muslims by extracting strategies deeply embedded within the Quran and Sunnah.