• About
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    In 2009, Zaytuna College was founded in Berkeley, California, with a mission that called for grounding students in the Islamic scholarly tradition as well as in the cultural currents and critical ideas shaping modern society.

  • Academics
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    As a Muslim liberal arts college in the West, Zaytuna offers a curriculum that provides its students with a foundation in the intellectual heritage of two major world civilizations: the Islamic and the Western.

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    Our mission is to educate students to become morally, intellectually, and spiritually accomplished individuals ready to contribute to our contemporary world in ways that are proportionate to their gifts and to the needs of human society.

  • Campus Life
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    Zaytuna’s campus is on Holy Hill and students enter the College as part of a cohort, a community of learners that travel together through the curriculum.

Faculty

Faculty Directory

Munir Jiwa

Biography Dr. Munir Jiwa is a scholar of anthropology and religious studies. His research interests includ…

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Eiyad al-Kutubi

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Dr. Eiyad al-Kutubi is a scholar of Muslim theology and philosophy, the Arabic language, a…

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Mohamed Boufares

Biography Dr. Mohamed Boufares serves as Associate Professor and the Imam Ratib at Zaytuna College. A nati…

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Rhamis Kent

Biography Office Hours: By appointment Mr. Rhamis Kent is a consultant with formal training in mechanical…

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Harun Sencal

Biography Email: harun.sencal@zaytuna.edu Office Hours: By appointment Dr. Harun Sencal is a scholar of I…

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Esma Sag Sencal

Biography Office hours: By appointment Dr. Esma Sag Sencal is a scholar of Arabic Language Studies, with…

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Rabia Bajwa

Biography Email: rbajwa@zaytuna.edu Office Hours: By Appointment Dr. Rabia Bajwa specializes in teaching…

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Talal Ahdab

Biography Email: tahdab@zaytuna.edu Office hours: By appointment Shaykh Talal Ahdab holds licenses to teac…

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Abdullah Bin Hamid Ali

Biography Email: aali@zaytuna.edu Office hours: By appointment Dr. Abdullah Ali is a scholar of Islamic la…

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Tahir Anwar

Biography Email: tahir.anwar@zaytuna.edu

Office hours: By appointment Imam Tahir is a scholar o…

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Ali Ataie

Biography Email: aataie@zaytuna.edu Office hours: By appointment Dr. Ali Ataie is a scholar of biblical he…

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Cindy Ausec

Biography Email: causec@zaytuna.edu Office hours: By appointment Dr. Cindy Ausec is a scholar of ancient N…

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Hatem Bazian

Biography Email: hbazian@zaytuna.edu Office hours: By appointment Dr. Hatem Bazian is a scholar of religio…

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Amar Bellaha

Biography Email: azga95@gmail.com Office hours: By appointment Qari Amar Bellaha is a hafiz and expert in…

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Phillbert Cheng

Biography Email: phillbertcheng@zaytuna.edu Office hours: By appointment Dr. Phill Cheng is a scholar of a…

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Mark Damien Delp

Prior to Zaytuna College Email: mdelp@zaytuna.edu After having studied continental philosophy and existent…

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Fadi Elhin

Biography Email: felhin@zaytuna.edu Office hours: By appointment Dr. Fadi Elhin is a scholar of Islamic ju…

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Uzma Fatima Husaini

Biography Email: uhusaini@zaytuna.edu Office hours: By appointment Dr. Uzma Husaini is an instructor in T…

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Youssef Ismail

Biography Email: yismail@zaytuna.edu Office hours: By appointment Dr. Youssef Ismail is a scholar of mecha…

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Lawrence Jannuzzi

Biography Dr. Lawrence Jannuzzi is a scholar of history whose primary research areas include medieval theo…

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Faraz A. Khan

Biography Email: fkhan@zaytuna.edu Office hours: By appointment Shaykh Faraz Khan is a scholar of Ashʿari…

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Yusuf Mullick

Biography Email: ymullick@zaytuna.edu Office hours: By appointment Mr. Yusuf Mullick is an Arabic instruct…

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Francisco Nahoe

Biography Email: nahoe@zaytuna.edu Office hours: By appointment A Franciscan friar and Roman Catholic pri…

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Jawad Qureshi

Biography Email: jqureshi@zaytuna.edu Office hours: By appointment Dr. Jawad Qureshi is a scholar of Isla…

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Zaid Shakir

Biography Email: zaid.shakir@zaytuna.edu Zaid Shakir is a prominent American Muslim scholar and a professo…

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Mahsuk Yamac

Biography Email: mahsuk@zaytuna.edu Office hours: By appointment Mr. Mahsuk Yamac is a scholar of the clas…

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Hamza Yusuf

Biography Email: hyusuf@zaytuna.edu Hamza Yusuf serves as president of Zaytuna College. In addition to…

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