Muslim Museum Initiative | AYA Foundation
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Mobeen is a Fellow of the School for Social Entrepreneurs having been awarded a bursary from the Sigrid Rausing Trust; an UnLtd Award recipient; a member of the Muslim's in Britain Research Network; a Steering Group member of Heritage Alliance's Historic Religious Buildings Alliance; a member of the Religious Archives Group; an advisor to the Metropolitan Police through the ‘London Muslim Communities Forum'; and a Mosaic mentor.
His most recent project the Muslim Museum Initiative http://muslimmuseum.org.uk/ endeavours to build a virtual educational resource to explore the 1, 400 year history between Britain and Islam, and to establish spaces in the UK, where everyone can explore, enjoy and feel inspired by a shared past.
He leads the AYA Foundation (previously known as Asian Youth Alliance), which he co-founded, to develop and deliver culturally sensitive projects for young people of Asian descent. Work includes promoting minority communities' heritage, working with young Muslims and developing Asian Women’s projects.
He develops, delivers and curates heritage projects, exhibitions and web sites – specialising in using new technologies like augmented reality, advance mobile communication and computer gaming to engage younger and wider audiences.
He regularly speaks on the topic of Muslim heritage in Britain & tweets @MuslimHeritage.
He leads the Islam in British Stone project http://www.islaminbritishstone.co.uk/ promoting Britain’s most significant Muslim heritage sites and Islamic influenced buildings.
