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Some Lesser Known Facts About Nouman Ali Khan
- Nouman Ali Khan’s love for Arabic studies began during his elementary school years in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- While in Pakistan, he was bestowed with a scholarship for securing a rank among the top 10 scores in the national Arabic studies board examinations (1993).
- However, he began to train with immense dedication under Dr. Abdus-Samie in the US. Notably, Dr. Samie was the founder and former principal of Quran College, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
- Nouman then served as a professor of Arabic at Nassau Community College, New York till 2006.
- He is considered an expert of Modern Standard and Classical Arabic.
- Through his Institute for Arabic and Quranic studies – Bayyinah – Nouman has taught over 20,000 students worldwide.
- He is also the author of two popular books, namely Divine Speech: Exploring Quran As Literature and Revive Your Heart: Putting Life in Perspective.
- Through one of his Facebook posts in 2015, Nouman revealed that his newly-born son, Khalid, was diagnosed with a heart condition, which saw the child develop a breathing rate twice as fast as normal breathing.