OUR COMMON BELIEFS

Ola Nosseir is the Founder of OUR COMMON BELIEFS, where her vision is to share the commonality between the Abrahamic faiths from the Islamic perspective by doing various presentations on Islam.  By sharing her knowledge, she believes it will bring love and harmony between our Muslim, Christian, and Jewish neighbors. She began OUR COMMON BELIEFS in March 2017 after several very, very scary hate crimes. She believes that with knowledge and education, love can blossom and hate can be eradicated. 

 

Ola Nosseir has given presentations on Islam since 2001 in many churches, synagogues, libraries, schools, and universities.

 

Our Common Beliefs is a member of the interfaith committee of her masjid (mosque in Arabic), UWMS – Upper Westchester Muslim Society (www.uwms.org). 

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Our Common Beliefs is a member of  BOMA - the Briarcliff/Ossining Ministerial Association since 2001.

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Our Common Beliefs is a member of the Rivertowns Clergy Association in Tarrytown. 

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Our Common Beliefs is a member of the Interfaith Laymen's Association of Harrison.

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Our Common Beliefs is a member of the MCW: Masajid Collaborative of Westchester.

 

 Our Common Beliefs is a board member and one of the Supporting Organizations of  Open Arms for Refugees. Open Arms for Refugees is a  Community Sponsor group comprised of many volunteers from Ossining, Briarcliff, Croton, and Pleasantville, NY.

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Ola Nosseir has been teaching beginning Arabic for over 10 years in two local weekend schools. She began her own business in January 2015, THE ARABIC SOUND GAME (www.arabicsoundgame.com), where she teaches conversational/beginning Arabic with movement.

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Ola Nosseir is one of the co-founders of AMWA - The American Muslim Women’s Association, a women’s organization that builds bridges with local interfaith communities since 2002.

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Ola Nosseir was a facilitator in Walking Together, an interfaith program for Jewish, Christian, and Muslim children in the 5th-7th grades and their parents. This program was developed by a Rabbi from Temple Israel of Northern Westchester.  The program was held for 3 consecutive Sunday afternoons twice a year.  Each Sunday, the program was held in a different place of worship: Synagogue, Church, or Masjid (Mosque).  The program was held from 1999-2006.  It was restarted again for 2 years from 2013-2015.

 

Ola Nosseir is a student at the Al Maghrib Institute, Ijaazah Institute, and Imam Ghazali Institute.

 

She is a loving wife to Mahmoud Rafeh and a loving Mom to her two beautiful sons, Shareef, 33, and Aly Rafeh, 30. 

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She enjoys exercising, playing with her cat, flower gardening, and bird watching.