What is Dream?

Bayyinah started in 2005 with a vision to facilitate Qur’anic appreciation through Arabic study intensives. After having visited well over a hundred communities all over the United States, the time has finally arrived to take the next step in fulfilling this noble vision.

Bayyinah is proud to introduce the DREAM program – a ten month long, full time, powerful Arabic program that is to provide students in the United States an opportunity to obtain a high level of Arabic education without having to travel abroad; a level that before this program has long been an unfulfilled dream.

The DREAM program will be offered in a state of the art facility in the heart of the Dallas Metroplex in Texas. The 10,000 sq. ft space will comfortably accommodate a batch of fifty students each year. For students that will be attending from out of state, the location serves an added advantage. It is close to the airport and there are several options for affordable, safe and appropriate housing within a square mile of the DREAM location.

Bayyinah is trying hard to be accommodating not only to high school and college students but to families as well. Couples and even parents with their children that are old enough will be given an opportunity to apply to this exciting program.

Bayyinah will also be identifying select students from the program and offering them a chance to become Bayyinah certified Arabic instructors after going through a rigorous teacher training program. Just imagine the quality enhancement this program will bring to Islamic schools and centers all over the United States.

Additionally, we at Bayyinah recognize that there are youth all over the United States that have a great deal of talent and leadership potential. We are inviting each community in the United States to sponsor their own talent pool and let us train them in their Arabic and Qur’anic studies. This, we hope, will bring about a new wave of well trained young leaders that can truly benefit from scholars and translate those teachings to wider audiences.

Dream Project Progress

Update from Br. Nouman:

We are barely able to contain our excitement in announcing that the Dream project is looking to become a reality in fall of 2010 as originally anticipated.  We have finalized the location and are going to be signing papers at the end of March insha’Allah.  Before then, we need to raise an additional $100,000 to be able to secure the venue, furnish it, and be ready for the first batch of 50 students in mid September insha Allah.  We are hoping to accomplish the raising of these funds by encouraging each of our locations to come up with only 10 Bayyinah well-wishers that can contribute $100 a month through our automated pledge form at the bottom of this page. If you are able to contribute or know folks that would like to help out, please strongly encourage them to do so.

This is going to be the only program of its kind in America and insha’Allah represents a major next step in the education of the American Muslim community.  I hope that all of you realize the importance of the success of this venture and I pray that Allah makes the program a success and means of delivering goodness to communities all across this country.

Once again, I am personally grateful for your continuous support and prayers thus far and am hopeful that you will help myself and all of us here at Bayyinah achieve this phenomenal goal.

Meeting our goals will require us to aggressively work and meet very specific deadlines which are outlined below. We know that you have lots of questions, and insha’Allah updates will be coming with more details in the coming days and weeks.

End of March

• Campus location will be 100% finalized
• Full-time program cirriculum will be posted online
• Application process will open online
• Need to raise $100k – $200k in the form of regular monthly contributions in the amount of $100, $250, $500, or $1000 from our student body to help cover the costs of the full time campus project

April – May

• Renovation work on campus facility to prepare it for Bayyinah
• Process applications and interview applicants

June

• Acceptance letters will be sent out to the accepted students.

July

• Full tuition payment due for accepted students.

September 20th

• First day of class.

We ask Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala to make this dream into a reality, and after asking Him, we also ask you to lend us your support. We are fortunate to have a dedicated and supportive student body, and we call on you once again to help us with this project with your dua’s and by helping people in your community who might be attending.