Safaa Barakat

Safaa Barakat

President

Safaa Barakat is an American citizen currently residing in Central Florida. She was born in Morocco, to a Palestinian father and a Lebanese mother. Safaa began traveling the world at a very young age. She migrated to the USA at the age of 16 and graduated from the University of California, Davis, with a double major in Computer Science and Mathematics in 1994. She lived in Dubai for 13 years where she gave birth to two of her five children, after which she joined the Central Florida community in December of 2015.

Safaa is a devout Muslima and strives to passing the teachings of the Holy Quran to her children. She now spends most of her time taking care of her family and enjoys volunteering for Interfaith and multicultural organizations. Safaa is:

The mission of Interfaith Council of Lake County, Inc. is to create a better, more peaceful, more harmonious community by encouraging and facilitating greater interest in, understanding of, respect for and cooperation among our county's many faith traditions, as well as non-theists and humanists.

18296 US-27, Clermont, FL 34715

407-953-0101

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