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Rania Awaad
Email: rawaad@zaytuna.edu
Rania Awaad received classical training in the Islamic Sciences while studying in Damascus, Syria. She has received traditional licenses (ijazah) to teach Qur’anic recitation (tajwid) in both the Hafs and Warsh recitations from the late eminent Syrian scholar, Shaykh Abu Hassan al-Kurdi. In addition to completing several advanced texts of the Shafi’i school (madhhab), she is licensed to teach texts of Maliki jurisprudence (fiqh), Islamic character (adab), and spirituality (ihsan). She is also a Stanford trained physician and is currently on the faculty of the Stanford Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She serves as the Director of the Stanford Muslims Mental Health and Wellbeing Program and Clinical Director of the Bay Area branch of the Khalil Center, a wellness center pioneering the application of traditional Islamic spiritual healing methods to modern clinical psychology. She is also a faculty affiliate in the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies at Stanford University and a member of its Education Advisory Board. Additionally, she serves at the Director of the Rahmah Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating Muslim women and girls.
Education: Ijazah to teach Shafi’i and Maliki Fiqh, Adab, Ihsan and Tajwid in both the Hafs and Warsh Qur’anic recitations. MD, faculty Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
Selected Works:
Awaad R, Ali S. A Modern Conceptualization of Phobia in al-Balkhi's 9th Century Treatise: Sustenance of the Body and Soul. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 2015 Dec 18;37;89-93. PMID: 26741063
Awaad R, Ali S. Obsessional Disorders in Al-Balkhi’s 9th Century Treatise: Sustenance of the Body and Soul, Journal of Affective Disorders. 2015 Jul 15;180:185-9. PMID: 25911133
Awaad R. “A Journey of Mutual Growth: Mental Health Awareness in the Muslim Community” in Partnerships in Mental Health. Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 L.W. Roberts et al. (eds.)
Awaad R, Ali S, Salvador M, Bandstra B. A Process-Oriented Approach to Teaching Religion and Spirituality in Psychiatry Residency Training. Academic Psychiatry. 2014 Dec 16. PMID: 25510222
Awaad R., Reicherter D. “Cultural Perspectives in the Context of Western Psychological Mind-sets: The Need for Cultural Sensitivity in the Mental Health of Immigrant Youth” in Psychotherapy for Immigrant Youth. Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 S.G. Patel, D. Reicherter (eds.)
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