Achieving her childhood dream, Hassanah Al-Saba got her wings on August 29, becoming the first Muslim woman pilot in Jamaica.
“I couldn’t believe that it was me on the TV and in the paper,” said Hassanah, Travel Noire reported.
“But it has sunken in and now I really hope that I have inspired others and emulated our motto of ‘Out of Many, One People.’ I’m a proud Jamaican and I hope I can show my people that dreams are within reach.”
Hassanah passed her flight exam on August 25 and received her license on August 29. Her next dream is to get commercial license training and fly for airlines.
Jamaica is a predominantly Christian country, with Islam being a minority religion.
The first Muslims arrived in Jamaica as enslaved people. Islam was one of the main religions of Africans brought to the Caribbean and America.
Today, roughly 5,000 Jamaicans identify with the Islamic faith. There are eleven mosques across the island.
