Fawakih was founded in 2007 by Saif Omar[1] as a 501(c)(3) organization under the legal entity Polaris Foundation Inc. Fawakih held its first Quranic Arabic summer intensive in Fishers, IN subsequently held programs in future years in Washington, DC and Boston, MA.
Starting in the fall of 2012, Fawakih began to offer part-time, weekly, Quranic Arabic classes in Herndon, VA, Ann Arbor, MI, and Boston, MA.
Fawakih has expanded its offerings to include part-time courses online, a winter classical language learning intensive, and a number of seminars that focus on the exegesis of the Quran.
Currently, Fawakih's headquarters is based in Northern Virginia and is led by Executive Director Ismail ibn Ali.
[2] Fawakih has developed a 6-level curriculum[3] that focus on three main components: grammar, text analysis and skills.