User:Ghalib.tamim

Personal Bio: Name: Ghalib Yusuf Tamim

Born in Mombasa, Kenya on Sunday 29 Jumaada al-Thaany 1372 A.H. (15th March 1953)

Trained as a Telecommunication Engineer with Telkom Kenya Ltd. Worked with TKL for 34 years. Retired in 2006.

Trained in Kenya, Japan, Ireland and USA

Lectured in Kenya and Zimbabwe at the TKL Training Centre (CTS/Mbagathi – now Multimedia University between 1979 - 2008) and at ZPTC  Centre (CTS/Belvedere – Harare  between 1985-1987) Specialization: Cable Networks, Quality Control & Specs; Lightning, Power Surges and Transient Protection.

Research Interest: Science in the Qur’an with special interest in Embryology, Astronomy & Mathematics; History of Islamic Scholarship in East Africa.

Affiliation Africa Education & Development Trust (AEDT);

Madrasatul Nnoor Al-Islamiya - Nairobi;

Friend of ALIM High School - Machakos & WAMY High School - Nairobi.

Publications: "Maisha Ya Sh. Al-Amin Mazrui (!891-1947)"- on the biography of Sheikh Al-Amin Mazrui (Prof. Ali Mazrui’s father);

"Lulu Ya Takaungu – Ramla Rashid Abdallah Mazrui" on the biography of a down to earth little known philanthropist coming from humble beginnings, from Takaungu to Nairobi;

"Hajj & Umrah – Step by Step" - a booklet on how to perform the Pilgrimage;

"Prayer by the Roadside" – “Learning is Fun” series of text books for Class 2 on Islamic Religious Education.

"Sh. Ali b. Abdalla b. Naf'i Mazrui, The Pioneering Role Model of East African Muslim Reformers"