Virginia
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Qurat Mir studied Tajwid in Damascus, Syria, and received her ijaza to teach the Hafs recitation in 1999 from the late Syrian scholar, Shaikh Abu Hassan Mohiuddin al-Kurdi. She also studied Biology & Chemistry at the University of Missouri, earned B.S.N. and R.N. degrees from Rockhurst University and The Research College of Nursing, respectively, and is currently an M.A. candidate in Education from the University of Central Missouri. Qurat has been an active member of the Muslim community in her home town of Leawood, KS, in Boston, MA, and now in Northern Virginia. She established a home schooling & enrichment consultancy, New Cordoba LLC, and she is a founding member and currently serving on the board of Rabata, an organization dedicated to the building of spiritual ties between women, the spiritual upbringing of women by women, and the establishment of the female voice in scholarship.
