The Sanctuary is a registered 501(c)(3) public charity.
At The Sanctuary, we believe that service is a sacred trust, an amanah. Our stewards are dedicated to preserving and sharing timeless wisdom with love and care, so that this space remains a home for the heart, where science and soul come together in harmony.
Technology cannot see or hear the future, but the heart can see and hear the past, the present, and the future.
— Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani
Our Steward
Dr. Maliha Hashmi
Chief Steward & Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Maliha Hashmi is a global health futurist who believes the future of health begins in the heart. A woman of service and convergence, she has spent her life bringing health, science, law, and spirit together, carrying the language of love into law and the softness of spirit into science. For her, leadership is not performance. It is sacred stewardship: presence, service, and care for every human being.
Recognized from an early age as a child prodigy, Dr. Hashmi’s journey has been defined by a rare ability to integrate vision with execution, intellect with empathy, and innovation with meaning. She holds doctorate and master’s degrees from Harvard, with additional advanced training at MIT, grounding her leadership in academic rigor, ethical reasoning, and systems thinking—while remaining deeply human, reflective, and spiritually anchored in its expression.
Consistently recognized for her global impact, Dr. Hashmi is ranked #1 among the Top 10 Female Innovators & Leaders Globally and named one of America’s Top 50 Most Influential Muslims for consecutive years. In 2026, she was named among The Global 100 Most Influential Muslims, an international honor celebrating leaders whose work is transforming workplaces, institutions, and society through enduring positive change. She is most recently ranked #6 among the Top Global Women Thought Leaders for 2025 by NBC Washington. She was officially titled as an Ambassador representing the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and presented with the Trailblazer Award for International Leadership at CSW69 in New York City as part of the 1001 UN Women Network. Across her career, she has delivered over 200 keynote addresses and high-level talks across more than 50 countries, engaging world leaders, governments, global institutions, academic bodies, legal and policy forums, and business leaders on the future of health, longevity, equity, sustainability, and human flourishing.
Her presence on the world stage—including the World Economic Forum (Davos), the United Nations, UNESCO, the G20 Presidency and V20 forums, and Harvard University—is marked not by performance, but by depth.
For Dr. Hashmi, longevity is not a luxury—it is a responsibility. The body is an amanah, a sacred trust. When people feel well, they treat others well. Healing oneself is the first act of service. Her life’s work is guided by a principle she lives by: “If we touch even one life, we prevent what might never be seen. That is the true intervention.”