Dr Bano is sat in a mustard hijab and white abaya with mustard accents speaking to a sister. The back of the sisters head with a blue hijab and white hijab hat is visible from the back. They are sat on a red carpet with a beige geometric pattern.

Bano has studied the obligatory (fardh) Islamic sciences as well as generic topics for almost 20 years; but her primary passion remains the life and times of the Prophet ﷺ, the Seerah, which she has studied, and taught, throughout this time. 

In 2022 Bano travelled to Tarim in Yemen and studied over 15 classic texts with various scholars in Tarim. Leaving a large part of her heart in Tarim, she returned to Canada in May 2023.

Professionally, after graduating in law, Bano earned an MA in politics and completed her doctoral studies in sociology and social policy in 2005. Bano has founded and run multiple companies over the last two decades, the core aim of each one has been to make a positive social change. 

In 2011, after migrating to Canada, she co-founded SeekersHub with Shaykh Faraz Rabbani and her husband Nader Khan. After the birth of her first daughter Bano left the Hub, and in 2013, she and Nader established First Spring; an organisation that seeks to teach and promote Islam through the arts. She continues to serve as the Executive Director of First Spring.

In 2019, Bano, Nader and Tariq Toure wrote and performed in The Last Prophet ﷺ, a Musical Monologue that intends to take the life of the Prophet ﷺ to mainstream theatre. The project was put on hold due to Covid and Bano’s travel, but will, God willing, be resumed with a US tour in 2024. Bring the Last Prophet ﷺ to a theatre near you.

In 2021 Bano launched Stories From the Seerah ﷺ, a podcast on the life and times of the Prophet ﷺ. The podcast is listened to in over 20 countries around the world. 

Passionate about ensuring Islamic Learning is accessible to all, Bano has rendered Contemplating the Quran authored by Shaykh Ahmed Saad into an audiobook. This is the first of many traditional books she hopes to render into an audiobook format, to make them accessible to those with visual impairments. Sponsor a text you wish to be rendered into audio format.

She continues to teach classes of Prophetic biography (seerah) and other subjects online, and in person, to adults and children.

All praise is due to Allah ﷻ. Eternal gratitude is due to the guidance and tutelage of our scholars and the prayers and support of parents and loved ones.