Sister Liza takes her Shahadah (Declaration of Faith) with Dr. Rania Awaad after a woman's weekend retreat: http://mcceastbay.org/womanhood-retreat

Sr. Liza and her husband Bassem watched a women's retreat livestream from home and her heart was touched by the content shared by the teachers. That evening, she felt ready to drive to MCC from her home in Oakland after the livestream ended to become a Muslim and meet the teachers. Watch the complete seminar at http://mcceastbay.org/womanhood

This Shahadah took place following a women's retreat on November 28, 2021 about defining womanhood as a Muslim woman. Watch the complete seminar at http://mcceastbay.org/womanhood

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The program was sponsored by the Jannah Institute, The Rahmah Foundation & MCC. It was proudly hosted at Muslim Community Center - East Bay (MCC East Bay) in Pleasanton, California on November 28, 2021.

- More Ustadha Rania: http://mcceastbay.org/rania
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- More sessions for Muslimahs: http://mcceastbay.org/women

Dr. Rania Awaad M.D., 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 & 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

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