Fact sheet
Company: Fotoh, Inc. — Delaware C-corp, founded 2025
Founder: Awwad Al-Habli — software engineer, 45+ years in America, Zad Academy Sharia diploma
Mission: Build sixteen software and hardware products that serve Allah's ummah, with Qardon (Qard Hasan lending) as the ultimate goal
Subsidiaries: qardon.com (Fotoh's for-profit technology subsidiary, builds and operates the qardon.org platform)
Independent affiliate: qardon.org (501(c)(3) nonprofit running the global Qard Hasan pool — legally and financially independent of Fotoh, Inc.)
Flagship product: Live Athan — native iOS prayer app, the gateway to all sixteen products
Backend infrastructure: Cloudflare Workers, Workers AI (LLaMA), D1, Vectorize, KV — fully serverless
Revenue model: Hardware sales (Fotoh Hub, drones, displays, Mushaf Cover) + premium subscriptions. Free software and Companion AI extended through qardon.org as a charitable program.
Headquarters: Atlanta, GA
Media contact: press@fotohinc.com
Press kit downloads
Logo files, founder photos, product screenshots, and the One-Pager (PDF). Coming soon — request specific assets by emailing press@fotohinc.com.
Logo pack
PNG + SVG, light and dark variants, with-tagline and standalone marks.
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Product screenshots
Live Athan, Companion, Ummah Stars, Qardon, Methana globe — high-res PNGs.
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Founder bio + photo
Long-form and short-form bio for Awwad Al-Habli, plus headshot.
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One-pager (PDF)
Company overview in one page: mission, sixteen products, revenue model.
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Story angles worth covering
- Qard Hasan as a financial primitive. Interest-free lending pools mentioned in the Quran in six places — and now a working software platform.
- The Companion AI vs. mainstream chatbots. A purpose-built AI that uses the Three-Pillar Framework (dunya + sharia + spiritual) and refuses to be a scholar.
- The Ummah Census. Anonymous mapping of Muslim populations by athan signals — discovering where masjids need to be built next.
- Software-as-charitable-program. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit (qardon.org) extends MMS, Live Athan free tier, and Tasmeea to masjids at no charge. Fotoh, Inc. is the technology vendor; the nonprofit is the program owner.
- Solar-powered masjid mesh networks. MRN — building infrastructure that survives total internet failure, designed by a 45-year software engineer for a 1,400-year-old institution.
- Robotic masjid construction. Masjid Builder — 3D-printed concrete masjids in days, not years, funded by Qardon.