{"name":"Dr. Rania Awaad","slug":"dr-rania-awaad","bio":"<b>Dr. Rania Awaad</b> <b>M.D</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">., is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine where she is the Director of the Stanford Muslim Mental Health &amp; Islamic Psychology Lab, Associate Chief of the Division of Public Mental Health and Population Sciences, and Co-Chief of the Diversity and Cultural Mental Health Section. On a community level, she is the Executive Director of the holistic mental health nonprofit Maristan.org. In addition, she serves as the Director of The Rahmah Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating Muslim women and girls, and as a Senior Fellow at Yaqeen Institute and ISPU. She has previously served as the founding Clinical Director of the Khalil Center-San Francisco as well as a Professor of Islamic Law at Zaytuna College. Prior to studying medicine, she pursued classical Islamic studies in Damascus, Syria and holds certifications (ijaza) in Qur’an, Islamic Law and other branches of the Islamic Sciences. Follow her @Dr.RaniaAwaad</span>","short_bio":"","designation":"Guest Contributor","department":["Contributors"],"thumbnail":"https://cdn.yaqeeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Rania_Awaad_profilephoto.jpg","url":"https://yaqeeninstitute.org/team/dr-rania-awaad","total_publications":14,"recent_publications":[{"title":"Juz’ 21: Dr. Hassan Elwan and Dr. Rania Awaad | Wisdom, Leadership and Awareness","slug":"juz-21-dr-hassan-elwan-and-dr-rania-awaad-quran-30-for-30-season-4","type":"Series","date":"2023-04-12 00:18:00"},{"title":"Juz' 22 with Dr. Rania Awaad | Qur'an 30 for 30 Season 3","slug":"juz-22-with-dr-rania-awaad-quran-30-for-30-season-3","type":"Series","date":"2022-04-23 00:52:16"},{"title":"Holistic Healing: Islam’s Legacy of Mental Health","slug":"holistic-healing-islams-legacy-of-mental-health","type":"Paper","date":"2021-05-27 18:51:27"},{"title":"Juz' 12 with Dr. Rania Awaad | Qur'an 30 for 30 Season 2","slug":"juz-12-with-dr-rania-awaad-quran-30-for-30-season-2","type":"Series","date":"2021-04-24 15:17:56"},{"title":"S1E6 - Has COVID Impacted My Faith? | DoubleTake","slug":"has-covid-impacted-my-faith-doubletake-podcast","type":"Series","date":"2021-04-07 05:09:33"},{"title":"Coping with Pandemics: Psychological and Spiritual Lessons from Islamic History","slug":"coping-with-pandemics-psychological-and-spiritual-lessons-from-islamic-history","type":"Paper","date":"2021-02-04 23:23:27"},{"title":"Islamic Psychology in the 21st Century | Holistic Healing","slug":"islamic-psychology-in-the-21st-century","type":"Series","date":"2020-12-23 00:19:37"},{"title":"How Classical Muslim Scholars Treated the Mind, Body, and Soul | Holistic Healing Series","slug":"how-classical-muslim-scholars-treated-the-mind-body-and-soul-holistic-healing-series","type":"Series","date":"2020-12-18 19:47:31"},{"title":"How Muslim Scholars Understood Mental Illness a Thousand Years Ago | Holistic Healing Series","slug":"how-muslim-scholars-understood-mental-illness-a-thousand-years-ago-holistic-healing-series","type":"Series","date":"2020-12-18 06:03:39"},{"title":"How Muslims Developed the First Psychiatric Hospitals in the World | Holistic Healing Series","slug":"how-muslims-developed-the-first-psychiatric-hospitals-in-the-world-holistic-healing-series","type":"Series","date":"2020-12-18 05:58:18"},{"title":"Therapy a Millennia Before Modern Psychology | Holistic Healing Series","slug":"therapy-a-millennia-before-modern-psychology-holistic-healing-series","type":"Series","date":"2020-12-15 18:20:46"},{"title":"Prophet Muhammad's Approach to Mental Health | Holistic Healing Series","slug":"prophet-muhammads-approach-to-mental-health-holistic-healing-series","type":"Series","date":"2020-12-14 20:56:33"},{"title":"Guiding Our Hearts Through Adversity | Qur'anic Healing Episode 4","slug":"guiding-our-hearts-through-adversity-quranic-healing-episode-4","type":"Series","date":"2020-06-27 00:00:00"},{"title":"Islamic Meditation Practices","slug":"islamic-meditation-practices-deeds-to-habit","type":"Series","date":"2020-05-17 08:30:00"}]}