Is living in the past holding you back? Many of us carry the past with us wherever we go. When we look into the future all we see is our past sadness, past failures, past obstacles. Fatima Barkatulla asks in this clip: What if you filed the past in the past? What could that do ... <a title="Fatima Barkatulla &#8211; Your Past Doesn&#8217;t Define You" class="read-more" href="https://muslimcentral.com/fatima-barkatulla-your-past-doesnt-define-you/" aria-label="Read more about Fatima Barkatulla &#8211; Your Past Doesn&#8217;t Define You">Read more</a>

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Fatima has had a rich Islamic education from an early age thanks to her parents. She is married and passionately raising four children.

In her teens, she studied Arabic and Islamic studies in Egypt at prominent institutes such as Al Fajr Center, Qortoba Institute and a college of Al Azhar University and is currently training to be an Islamic Scholar with senior scholars in institutes here in the UK and through regular visits abroad.

She has been a key contributor to the discourse surrounding Muslim women in the West, contributing to the Westminster Faith Debates, documentaries and live shows for BBC Radio, the World Service, as well as BBC Television, Channel 4 and Islam Channel.

In 2014 she was awarded the IKON UKHWAH International Award – for young women in dawah and community service at a ceremony in KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA.

Currently Fatima is Director of SEEDS OF CHANGE – the biggest Muslim women’s conference in Europe.