An agnostic a good deal of her life, Jennah Heydar (her Islamic chosen name) was born and raised in the city of Montreal, Quebec.  After moving to a small Eastern town in Ontario, as a young teen, with her parents and siblings she soon met and married the father, of her two children. He was a non-religious man. The marriage did not last and so Sr.Jennah, now a single parent, currently resides in a modest home with her two children while spending most of her time working on projects for the Revert Muslims Association.  

An Artist and Graphic Designer by trade, Sister Jennah had always carried with her a very spiritual side. After suffering a near-death experience while giving birth to her second born she began a quest for the meaning of life and an alternate path.  Researching many different religions and ideologies she met a young man over the Internet who pointed her to the path of Islam.  

Sister Jennah encountered a world that spoke so clearly to all that she had felt in her heart. After a year of intense study into Islam and all the many sects she contemplated well her reversion and how it will impact her life and that of her parents and surrounding friends and family. An epiphany moved her to recite her shahada.  

In her own words:  

“After picking up the Qur’an for the first time I was immediately struck with a memory of an on-going recurring dream I had my whole life. In the dream I am reaching forward towards an old book that sits open on a wooden table, the room is dimly lit by candle. I feel compelled to get to the book, I must reach it but a force holds me back. I occasionally reach the book but the words are unclear and I suddenly wake up, feeling lost and frustrated by the dream. This dream began so early on in my life that I can’t remember how young I was, it would repeat once or twice a year. On this day, the day I had this epiphany, I was forever changed when I realized the holy Qur’an in my hands was the book I had longed for my whole life. It was the book I was trying to get to, to read.  My eyes filled with tears right there at the check out counter of the local bookstore and I could feel the hair stand up on the back of my neck as a warmth built up inside me. I later recited my Shahada under Allah(swt) and witnessed by the young Muslim man over the Internet. Alhamdulillah I was walking on the lightened path. “ 

Sister Jennah spends her days working on updating and maintaining the Revert Muslims website and forums as well as planning the annual International Revert Conference.  Her goals are simple:  

“I only wish to help those who are looking to find the truth, the truth that is within Islam. I want to give them the support that I know they so badly need. I want to help bring them together. It’s a path that at times can bring me much struggle but also much joy and it’s my path.. mine.. and I have to keep moving forward and doing what I feel is expected of me, inshallah I will continue to have help along the way.” 

Sister Jennah felt that to reach those new Muslims over the Net she could do so more effectively through media. So the ‘Reverts Perspective’ was born.  

An inspirational show that will give the true stories of Muslims from their own perspective and their passion for their faith will speak for itself.  

Stay tuned for the episodes to come.