Rania Awaad

Rania Awaad
CitizenshipEgyptian-American
Known forWork on mental health of Muslim Americans
Medical career
FieldPsychiatry
Personal life
EducationStanford University
Zaytuna College
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceShafi'i

Rania Awaad is an Egyptian-American Islamic scholar, psychiatrist, and professor. Awaad is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Stanford Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science.[1] Awaad is known for her work on Islam and psychology and the mental health of Muslim Americans.

Biography

Awaad is a practicing psychiatrist and professor associated with Stanford University, where she is director of the Diversity Clinic and the Muslim Mental Health lab and chief of the Diversity section.[2] Awaad is an activist for mental health among Muslim Americans.[3][4]

Awaad studied Islam from the age of 14 in Damascus, Syria.[1] She received ijazah to teach tajwid in the Hafs and Warsh recitations of the Quran. She also received ijaza in Shafi'i legal texts and Maliki fiqh, adab, and ihsan.[5]

Awaad was the first female professor of Islamic law at Zaytuna College, where she taught Shafi'i jurisprudence, women's jurisprudential issues, and the Quran.[2]

She is also a senior fellow at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding and Yaqeen Institute.[2][6]

Works

Books

  • Islamophobia and Psychiatry: Recognition, Prevention, and Treatment edited by Ahmed Zakaria Hankir, H. Steven Moffic, John Peteet, and Rania Awaad (Springer International Publishing, 2018)
  • Applying Islamic Principles to Clinical Mental Health Care: Introducing Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy edited by Bilal Ali, Fahad Khan, Hooman Keshavarzi, and Rania Awaad (Taylor & Francis, 2020)

References

  1. ^ a b "Rania Awaad, MD's Profile | Stanford Profiles". profiles.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  2. ^ a b c "Rania Awaad | ISPU". 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  3. ^ "For some US Muslims, raw talk on suicide, mental health". AP NEWS. 2021-06-27. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  4. ^ Kouser, Rania Awaad and Taimur. "Muslims face a suicide crisis in America. The taboo of talking about it must end". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  5. ^ "Dr.Rania Awaad – Khalil Center". Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  6. ^ "Dr. Rania Awaad". Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research. Retrieved 2022-05-28.