STAFF CREDENTIALS AND INTRODUCTIONS

Meet Abdul Khaliq — our wrestling, taekwondo, boxing and MMA coach.

Abdul Khaliq has been teaching MMA in professional gyms to young children for many years. His gentle yet disciplined approach helps children grow physically stronger while building spiritual and psychological resilience.

• Level 2 Fitness Coaching Certificate Holder
• Certificate of Muscular Mr. National Bodybuilding – 2013
• Level 3 Coaching Certificate – UNIFIGHTE Federation – 2020
• Olympic Committee Certificate in Martial Arts
• National Bodybuilding Team Competition Certificate
• Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Certificates from:
  • H.F.C Organization
  • S.L.F.C Organization
  • Night Fight Organization
  • O.F.C Organization
  • T.G.F.C Organization
• Appreciation Certificate from the National Taekwondo Federation – 2018

Meet Yasmeen Abbasi — our avid reader and long-distance librarian! 📚✨

As a manager at Waterstones in London, Yasmeen keeps our nursery bookshelf beautifully stocked with the very latest and most inspiring children’s literature. If she recommends it, we buy it — it’s that simple!

We import our books directly from England through her expert eye, ensuring our little learners always have access to the very best stories.

Born to be a reader — and now officially our Library Leader.

Ms Nafisa from Oxford is a Clinical Psychologist. She has been working successfully with clients including children for many years. She completed her BA in Psychology, followed by a Higher Education Psychology Certificate and a Post Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Psychology from universities in the UK. Other credentials include Integrative Psychotherapy, NLP, CBT, Counselling and Neuropsychology.

She will be offering workshops to the children to ensure they are emotionally intelligent and resilient. She will also be doing 'wellbeing checks' with our staff, and to any parents that request it. This is to ensure everyone at the Oxford Montessori Hifz Nursery can support the children in the best way possible.

Ms Salma from London is an Arabic and Tajweed teacher. She completed her BA in Arabic from SOAS University in England, as part of this program she studied Arabic in Damascus, Syria and became a fluent Arabic speaker. During her time in Syria, she studied Tajweed and gained a formal license to teach the Quran (ijazah). She is now qualified to teach Quran and issue ijazaat to her students.

She holds a BSc in International Relations and Politics from London as well as certificates in Autism and safeguarding children. She has been teaching various subjects including Arabic, Tajweed and French for decades and will be part of our language programme.

Ms Huma from Oxford is a qualified secondary school teacher, she is also a Montessori trained teacher, and an experienced teacher trainer. She completed her BA in History and Philosophy followed by a Post Graduate Certificate in Education (+ Qualified Teacher Status) from England. Additionally, she studied the link between Islam and Montessori education at Rumi's Montessori Institute (Malaysia). She is also the head of our English Department.

She has been leading departments and schools around the UK as well as teaching GCSEs and A levels for decades. During her time as Head Teacher her school was rated by OFSTED (the UK Government's Education Officers) 'outstanding' and 'good' in all fields and made it to the news. Subsequently any departments she has led have also been rated highly, including the very popular club for primary school children in Oxford: www.minimuslimclub.co.uk (a franchise to this now exists here in Islamabad).

Meet our Head of Maths, Zaynab from London.

Zaynab won an award for her research while studying at King’s College London, ranked among the top 5 universities in the UK and 31st in the world.

She has taught both children and adults for many years and has carefully designed a Montessori Maths programme tailored specifically for your children.