Teachers
Azima H. Abdul-Azim
Founder and Teacher
Azima H. Abdul-Azim migrated to the USA as a child war refugee after the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan. She grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area then earned her B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of California at Davis. She then studied Arabic, Fiqh and Hadith sciences at Zaytuna Institute. Her love of sacred knowledge grew; so she and her husband traveled to Damascus, Syria for a year to study Arabic at the University of Damascus. While there, Azima also earned an ijaza in Tajweed (science of the proper recitation of the Qur’an) from the late Shaykh Muhiuddeen al Kurdi (r.a.).
After returning to the USA to raise her three children, she enrolled in Zaynab Institute’s online alimah program and earned her alimah degree in 2021. Azima has been teaching Qur’an, Fiqh and other Islamic sciences to children and adults for over 10 years in person and online for over 5 years. She now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and 3 children.
Rozana Rahman
Teacher
Rozana graduated with an undergraduate and master’s degree in Islamic Studies from Zaytuna college in Berkeley, CA. She is trained in various Islamic sciences, liberal arts, and research. She is passionate about education and design, and hopes to make Islamic education as accessible as possible to all age groups. In her free time, you can find her taking a stroll on California sands or snuggles in a cozy corner with a book.
