At a cursory glance, co-founders and husband and wife duo, Nadir and Yadira Thabatah, are an unusual pairing by most standards. Their dynamic defies societal expectations, considering Yadira is entirely blind and Nadir is legally blind.
They have often been told how inspirational they are as parents, members of society and founders of a nonprofit, all of which they’ve remarkably managed ‘despite being blind.’
Given their successful endeavours, admiration is certainly warranted. However, the compliments prefaced by “despite your disability” can be highly vexing. On a surface level, it’s seemingly innocent, and yet it can be offensive considering the buried assumption that disabled individuals are generally not expected to curate accomplishments. It’s that subliminal perception, mostly possessed inadvertently by society, that Nadir and Yadira are working to get rid of.
Braille book of daily du'as in Arabic with English translation
Some blind people have asked us at AlFitrah Foundation Braille Quran Initiative for a Braille book of daily du'as in Arabic with English translation. Making du'a is an important part of a Muslim's life . Inshaa Allah I can continue with Abdul Majid online after this and we can finish this within a month.
This morning he updated me on the progress of a visually impaired lady in New York who learnt to read Arabic Braille with the Quraanic primer we posted to her. She is now learning to read Juz 30 of the Quran with him on WhatsApp which she records to revise. Alhamdulillah. Please make dua for all of us !
Grocery Voucher Program
These are difficult times and for refugee families who don't have a safety net of social security benefits or access to free health and education, they are hit harder. AlFitrah foundation has started a grocery voucher program that enables 50 refugee families in the most dire circumstances to purchase the groceries they need . An analysis of the receipts show the different requirements of each family: a young Somalian mother uses her vouchers to buy babymilk and rusks, a Yemeni single mum buys adult diapers for her aged mother and chickens for her family's dinner, a Palestinian father buys oranges, pears and apples for his children.
World Braille Day
Today is World Braille Day where we celebrate awareness of the importance of braille as a means of communication in the full realization of the human rights for blind and visually impaired people.
At AlFitrah Foundation Braille Quran Initiative we gave Braille books and pocket Braille sets today to Tina and Tika two visually impaired girls who work next to our office, and Abian and his wife Rashidah, and Ismail who is planning to go for his umrah and wanted the guide to Haj and Umrah in Braille.
Updated list of the books for distribution
Alhamdulillah here is an updated list of the books we have for distribution.
BUKU DALAM BAHASA MELAYU
AL QURAN DAN NASKAH-NASKAH PANDUAN
SENARAI AL QURAN
1. AL QURAN AL KARIM
2. AL QURAN AL KARIM JUZ 30 (MUQADDAM)
SENARAI NASKAH PANDUAN
1. 14 SELECTED SURAH
2. KURSUS ASAS HAJI 1/2
3. YAASIN WA TAHLIL
4. HIMPUNAN DOA-DOA HARIAN
5. RUQYAH ASAS PENGUBATAN ISLAM
6. BERDZIKIR DAN BERDOA SELEPAS SEMBAHYANG SERTA MEMBACA AL-MA'THURAT
7. ASMA'UL HUSNA
8. MARI BELAJAR SOLAT
9. PANDUAN SOLAT TAHAJJUD
10. PANDUAN SOLAT TASBIH
11. PANDUAN SOLAT DHUHA
12. PANDUAN SOLAT JENAZAH
13. PANDUAN SOLAT TAUBAT
14. SIRAH NABAWIYYAH