Reflecting Radiance: Reflecting Righteous Muslim Women | Ustadha Dr. Rania Awaad

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This women's weekend retreat program with Sheikhas & Ustadhas was sponsored by The Rahmah Foundation & MCC East Bay. The workshop was proudly hosted at Muslim Community Center - East Bay (MCC East Bay) in Pleasanton, California on May 20, 2023.
Ustadha Dr. Rania Awaad, M.D., is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She is the Director of the Muslim Mental Health Lab and Wellness Program and the Director of the Diversity Clinic. She pursued her psychiatric residency training at Stanford and completed a postdoctoral clinical research fellowship with the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Her research and clinical work are focused on the mental health needs of Muslims. Her courses at Stanford range from teaching a pioneering study on Islamic Psychology, instructing medical students and residents on implicit bias, and integrating culture and religion into medical care to teaching undergraduate and graduate students the psychology of xenophobia. Her most recent academic publications include an edited volume on "Islamophobia and Psychiatry" (Springer, 2019), Islamic Psychology (Routledge, 2020), and an upcoming text on Muslim Mental Health. She has also produced a toolkit, fact sheet, and CME course and is now editing a clinical textbook on Muslim mental health for the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Awaad is particularly passionate about uncovering the historical roots of mental health care in the Islamic intellectual heritage. Through her outreach work at Stanford, she is also the Clinical Director of the San Francisco Bay Area branches of the Khalil Center, a spiritual wellness center pioneering the application of traditional Islamic spiritual healing methods to modern clinical psychology. She has been the recipient of several awards and grants for her work. Before studying medicine, she pursued classical Islamic studies in Damascus, Syria, and holds certifications (ijaza) in the Qur’an, Islamic Law, and other branches of the Islamic Sciences. Dr. Awaad has also served as the first female Professor of Islamic Law at Zaytuna College, a Muslim Liberal Arts College in Berkeley, CA, where she taught courses on Shafi'i Fiqh and Women's Fiqh and Qur'anic sciences for nearly a decade. In addition, she serves as the Director of The Rahmah Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating Muslim women and girls. At Rahmah, she oversees the Murbiyyah spiritual mentoring program for girls. Dr. Awaad is a nationally recognized speaker, award-winning teacher, researcher, and author in the Islamic and medical sciences. Follow her on I/T: Dr.RaniaAwaad
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[@CynthiaAishaMeguid]

May Allah bless you for your invaluable contribution to empowering Muslim women.

[@vadelfamily2896]

Ameen. MashaAllah! Thank you sister, may Allah continue to bless you and your work.

[@fatimamohammed9295]

Aameen Allahumma Aameen ❤ May your radiance reach every home sister Rania. Your generosity, willingness to share, reach out, do the work to bring our history to us is lighting up our lives by the Mercy of Allah and speaking to us conversational, like we know you, connect with you and that is a blessing and Mercy from our Lord. May each and every person get the opportunity to know you and learn aameen 💡

[@deekay872]

A very fitting topic for Dr. Rania, may Allah increase her Nur and bless her in all that she does. Thank you MCC for uploading!

[@akrayeasmin4690]

This was pure bliss. Now thats how empowered a Muslim woman is. The world should see this and educate themselves. The audacity,the poise,the light A Muslim woman holds is beyond argument. True example of woman empowerment is what we have already in our religion. Its contagious Masha Allah ❤ Please keep doing this good stuffs ❤

[@bakingwithlove2960]

Jazak Allah Khair Sister. May Allah continue to bless you. Ameen.

[@kaderamer7837]

Assalamualikum ustaza may allah bless u jannah

[@abdulsamadi9592]

Sister Thank you for your good lectures for young poeple. As a dad if anyone watching your lecture getting some benefits. Especially poeple suffering from mental illness.

[@shahgee1090]

Allah bless you, sister

[@SD-MA]

16:42 and “Repeat after me....” was so amusing. GSOH 😆

[@NazirulQadir]

جزاكما الله خيرا

[@abaidasalma]

MashaaAllah beautiful you explained it so well Alhumdillah

[@shahidacassim9556]

I see that radiance in you Sister. May Allah SWT reward you abundantly

[@Chameemahmeyer]

MashaAllah enjoyed the talk so much Ameen🤲

[@nedp7686]

Maasha Allah

[@rabiabdurrahman9768]

Wallahi Dr Rania you have that kind of nurr Alhamdulillah.

[@maryambinomer7872]

Subhanallah

[@Isla557]

Mas Allah ❤❤❤❤

[@namerah.sambitory5385]

Mash'Allah sister you're an amazing lecturer.. May Allah bless you more and preserve you.. Jazak'Allah khaer I found a lady of islam who had such talent.

[@salmavanker]

May Allah bless you !!

[@zaynabladan17]

Jazakillahu bi khair sister sheikha 💚

[@basimabinthrasheed7523]

Masha Allah I am from India

[@kameliabrown3984]

Subhanallah I received the same comment about my skin and I was amused because also o don’t have a skin routine

[@nedp7686]

Subhaannallah, you are high Ranking in Jannatufirdaus, Allahu Akbar., Your faces is Like a Star. Allahu akbar. How Beautiful face.

[@davidcivil1651]

Mashallah, Subhanallah, Alhamdulillah, I am just wondering that, Is there any example can be found in the history of early ages of Islam where women used to sit in the front of men giving lectures? I only know Bibi Ayisha was answering questions behind closed doors whenever anyone would come to ask. Can anyone please explain this as it's going so common now a days?

[@Shahla.shahab]

23:22

[@DormantRV]

What's up with audio :/ I can help with the audio edit if you would like ....

[@labibasahlah]

It gets better later!

[@user-btmbangalore]

Not bad lecture. Kind of counseling. Religion, islam or christianity, can create two kinds of people, peaceful or violent. As long it is peaceful it is on the true path. I meet a lot many cheerful muslims, a warm smile assures you all is well. War is an option, hate is an option, not all muslims think the world is a bad place.

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😂😂😂😂❤❤