For Muslim Students in Grades 8–12 and their Families: Join Us At FYQ Live 2026
Register For Five Before College's
FIND YOUR QIBLA LIVE 2026 THIS SUMMER!
...And Discover How To Turn Your Child's Islamic Identity Into
THEIR SINGLE BIGGEST ADMISSIONS ADVANTAGE
In Just One Weekend In Boston!
If you want your family to finally have a REAL COLLEGE PLAN built around your deen, then you need to discover "WHAT" actually moves the needle for Muslim students. (Hint: MOST families are hiding the one thing that makes their child completely unforgettable to admissions officers…)
July 10th - 12th, 2026 | Live in Boston, MA
A letter from Br. Hamzah
Assalam alaykum,
For three years now, I've been coaching Muslim families through a version of the same conversation. It usually starts on a Zoom call. Sometimes it's the parents who reach out first. Sometimes it's the student. Almost always, somewhere in the first ten minutes, somebody says some version of:
"We just feel like we're doing this alone."
I've heard it from a dad in Houston whose son is the only Muslim in his AP Calc class. From a mom in the Bay Area who doesn't know which colleges will actually be safe for her daughter's deen. From a 10th grader in Toronto who told me, very quietly, that he didn't think anyone at his school would understand his college essay if he wrote it honestly.
And here's the thing.
You're not doing it alone. You just haven't been in the room yet.
For three years, Find Your Qibla has been that room but on Zoom. Hundreds of families. Real transformation. Saturday Morning Projects launched. Red umbrellas raised. Acceptances at MIT, Cornell, UPenn, Berkeley, and Harvard, alhamdulillah.
But Zoom has a ceiling. You can't hug someone through a screen. You can't pray Maghrib together. You can't watch a kid who was painfully shy in October stand up in July and read his college essay out loud to a room full of people who actually get it.
So we're doing something we've never done before.
This July, in Boston, we're bringing FYQ to life.
Four days. Students, parents, alumni all under one roof. And inshAllah, a weekend that doesn't just teach your family the college process, but changes the way your family talks about their future.
I want you there.
was-salaam,
Br. Hamzah Henshaw
Founder & Head Coach, Five Before College
Designed to give your family EVERYTHING YOU NEED to finally navigate the college process with CLARITY AND CONFIDENCE
Fully halal meals. Prayer times built into every day. Gender appropriate spaces throughout the weekend. Wudu facilities at every venue. Jumu'ah at the largest masjid in New England.
IS FIND YOUR QIBLA LIVE 2026
For My Family?
YES! If you are a Muslim family with a student in grades 8–12, this is for you if…
You are tired of advice that doesn't fit. From guidance counselors who have never worked with a Muslim student, from uncles who mean well, from college websites that never once mention what it costs a Muslim teenager to navigate a system not built for them.
Your child is smart, faith-driven, and capable but nobody has ever handed them a strategy that honors both their deen and their ambitions at the same time.
You have been operating without a plan and you know, deep down, that winging it is not a college strategy.
Your student is a rising senior who is about to start applications without a clear essay, a clear college list, or a clear sense of how to present who they actually are.
You have watched other FYQ families get into Harvard, MIT, Cornell, and UPenn and you want to know exactly what they did and how to replicate it for your child.
You believe this summer is the moment. Not next year, not after 12th grade starts. This is when your family gets the strategy, the community, and the confidence to make the next four years count.
If you said yes to even one of the above, FYQ Live 2026 is your event. Boston. July 10–12.
Register now before capacity closes and we will give your family everything you need to walk into senior year with a complete strategy, a cohort of Muslim peers, and a clarity about your child's future that no one has ever given you. Four days. inshAllah.
What four days in Boston looks like
From the moment you walk in on Friday to the moment you leave on Sunday we want your family to feel taken care of. Here is how we built the weekend around that.
Venue: Blackstone Islamic Education Collaborative (BIEC)
58 Circuit St, Roxbury, MA 02119
- Jumu'ah at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center.
- Communal lunch and Welcome Remarks.
- Parallel student and parent connection sessions.
- Dinner. Maghrib. Evening entertainment. Isha.
- Parallel student and parent connection sessions.
- Day closes in worship.
- Fajr and morning walk through Boston Common.
- Br. Hamzah's College Landscape session, followed by the Alumni Panel + Saturday Morning Project Showcase.
- Lunch and Dhuhr together.
- Parallel afternoon students at Malcolm X Park or the arts and crafts room, parents in the Parenting Workshop with Sr.Asumini.
- Career-themed breakout rooms and Maghrib.
- Saturday Keynote, Isha, and the conclusion of the evening.
- Charter buses to MIT and Harvard followed by guided campus tours with Muslim students and alumni.
- Dhuhr prayer on campus and box lunches during the midday break.
- Free time and Parallel Brothers, Sisters, and Parent sessions.
- Closing Session: From Ideas to Action, featuring a Letter to your future self.
- Group du'a, Farewell dinner, and Maghrib together.
- Rising seniors only. Separate ticket required for entry.
- The Masterclass with Br. Hamzah, featuring deep brainstorming and zero-draft writing.
- Three rotations of one-on-one feedback, Essay Live-Read, College List, and Activities List.
- Volunteer essay readings and the Closing du'a.
What four days in Boston looks like
Venue: Blackstone Islamic Education Collaborative (BIEC)
58 Circuit St, Roxbury, MA 02119
We've designed every minute. Not because we want it to feel scheduled we don't but because we know what this weekend has to do, and we know how much can go wrong if you don't plan it. Here's the rhythm.
- Jumu'ah at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center.
- Communal lunch.
- Welcome Remarks.
- Asr together.
- Parallel student and parent connection sessions.
- Dinner.
- Maghrib.
- Evening entertainment.
- Isha.
- Day closes in worship.
- Optional Fajr and morning walk through Boston Common.
- Br. Hamzah's College Landscape session.
- Alumni Panel + Saturday Morning Project Showcase.
- Lunch and Dhuhr.
- Parallel afternoon — students at Malcolm X Park or the arts and crafts room, parents in the Parenting Workshop with Sr. Asumini.
- Career-themed breakout rooms.
- Maghrib.
- Saturday Keynote.
- Isha.
- Charter buses to MIT and Harvard.
- Guided campus tours with Muslim students and alumni.
- Dhuhr prayer on campus.
- Box lunches.
- Free time.
- Brothers, Sisters, and Parent sessions.
- Closing Session: From Ideas to Action.
- Letter to your future self.
- Group du'a.
- Farewell dinner.
- Maghrib together.
- Rising seniors only.
- Separate ticket.
- The Masterclass with Br. Hamzah.
- Deep brainstorming and zero-draft writing.
- Three rotations of one-on-one feedback — Essay Live-Read, College List, Activities List.
- Volunteer essay readings.
- Closing du'a.
We are bringing together the most trusted
voices in the Muslim Community.
We are bringing together the most trusted voices in the Muslim Community
Coaches, educators, and community leaders. All under one roof in Boston this July.
Br. Hamzah Henshaw
Founder, Five Before College
Harvard graduate. Twenty years as a high school English teacher and..
Sr. Asumini Kasule
Success Coach & Parenting Advisor (Five Before College)
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Sr. Morjane Hmaidi
Lead Success Coach (Five Before College)
Morjane is the reason your child is going to come home....
Coach Patrick Bensen
Director of Enrollment (Five Before College)
Former college athlete. Director of Enrollment at FBC....
Spaces are filled on first-come, first served basis.
If you're already part of the FYQ family, your private invitation has been sent directly to your email. Check your inbox, inshAllah. If it hasn't arrived, reach us at [email protected] or WhatsApp +1 (617) 784-1585 and we'll take care of you.
How it works
Registration is opens. Here's how to get in.
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Step 1 - Choose Your Pass
Standard Pass-$797 covers one student and one parent. Need to bring an additional family member? Each extra person is $297. You can add up to three additional people for a maximum of five total attendees per family. Any questions before you register? WhatsApp the FBC team at +1 (617) 784-1585 and we will help you, inshAllah.
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Step 2 - Complete Your Registration
Fill in your family details, student information, and payment. Takes less than three minutes. You will receive an immediate confirmation email with everything you need, inshAllah.
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Step 3 - You Are In. Here Is What Happens Next
Within 24 hours of registering you will receive your official welcome email, an invite to the private FYQ Live 2026 WhatsApp community, and your complete pre-event preparation details. From that moment your family is no longer figuring this out alone.
FYQ LIVE - Standard PASS
Standard PASS
One Parent + One Student
Friday - Sunday (3 days)
The full FYQ Live experience.
Welcome Remarks + College Landscape
Friday Jumu'ah at ISBCC
Alumni Panel + SMP Showcase
Halal fun at Malcolm X Park
Sr. Asumini's 3-hour Parenting Workshop
Saturday Keynote
MIT + Harvard campus tours
Charter buses to Cambridge
All meals (3 days of halal food)
Letter to your future self + 90-day action plan
Price: $797
Note: This pass is built for one student and one parent. If you want to bring additional family members simply add them at $297 per person. You can bring up to three additional people making it five family members total.
Who this weekend is not for
We've learned that the families who get the most out of FBC are the ones who are clear-eyed about what we are and what we're not. So let's be honest about who shouldn't come.
This isn't for families who are looking for an Ivy-or-bust admissions hack.
We don't believe in those. We believe in helping your child build a life that matters in this world and the next and trusting that the right college will follow.
This isn't for parents who want to drop their kid off and disappear.
The parent track is a real track. If you're not willing to spend the weekend in your own programming alongside your child, this isn't the right fit.
This isn't for students who think Islam is something to hide on a college application.
We'll talk about that on Saturday morning. But if you're not at least open to the idea that your deen might be your single biggest advantage, you'll be uncomfortable here.
And this isn't a vacation.
The days are full and every minute is intentional. If you want to make it a family trip and we hope you do, come a few days early, stay a few days after, or take the drive up to Acadia National Park while you are in the region. Just know that July 10th through 12th belongs to your child's future.
If any of that's a dealbreaker, we'd rather you save your money.
Questions you probably have
Where will the event be held??
We are hosted at the Blackstone Islamic Education Collaborative at 58 Circuit St in Roxbury. Friday Jumu'ah is at ISBCC and Saturday afternoon is at Malcolm X Park. Everything is within the same neighborhood in Roxbury.
Will every meal be halal?
Every meal, every snack, every coffee break. All four days. Halal is the floor, not a feature.
We're traveling from out of town. Where do we stay?
We'll send a recommended hotel list with a group rate. All hotels will be within easy driving distance of Roxbury. There are multiple options within 10-15 minutes of drive.
What about prayer times and accommodations?
Every prayer is built into the schedule. We pray together as a community at every salah. Wudu spaces and prayer rooms are available at every venue.
My child is in 8th grade is that too young?
Not at all. The 8th grade pivot point is the whole reason FBC exists. Find Your Qibla and FYQ Live are designed for grades 8 through 12, with parallel programming for parents.
Can grandparents or younger siblings come?
The main programming is built for one student + one parent per family. Younger siblings and extended family aren't part of the program.
I'm already in FYQ. Do I register on this page?
Yes. You'll get a private email with first-wave access at reduced pricing. Make sure to use that coupon mentioned in the email (on checkout page). If you have any question, WhatsApp FBC Team (617) 784-1585
What's the dress code?
Modest, comfortable, weather-appropriate. Saturday afternoon at the park is athletic wear. Sunday on campus is a slightly nicer version of the same.
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