Our Founder

Ieasha Prime is a world renowned speaker and scholar. She is the founder and Executive Director of Yan Taro Project.

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She converted to Islam more than 20 years ago after being a Youth Ambassador to Morocco and Senegal. There, she developed a thirst for knowledge that would cause her to sit at the feet and learn from some of the top Islamic Scholars of our time. After having participated in several circles of knowledge in the US, Ieasha decided to pursue religious studies abroad. She studied Arabic, and Quran at the Fajr Institute in Cairo, Egypt.  Later, she moved to Hadramaut, Yemen and enrolled in Dar al Zahra, an Islamic University for Women. There she studied Aqeedah, Quran, Hadith, Arabic, Jurisprudence (Fiqh), Islamic law, Purification of the Heart and other religious related learning. She has received several scholarly licenses (ijaza).

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The work that she is most committed to and enjoys have been the development of Islamic programming, Islamic Studies curriculum and Rites of Passage programs for youth and adults. Majority of her life has been spent as an educator and activist. She is most passionate about combining Islamic studies, cultural art, activism and service for the purpose of training leaders to rise above whatever challenges stand in their way and that of the community they serve. 

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Shaykha Ieasha teaches courses on traditional knowledge, the challenges of race and gender in the Muslim community and Islamic Spirituality.

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Ieasha Prime is a proud wife and mother of three children.