Rania Awaad

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. 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. Awaad is an activist for mental health among Muslim Americans.

Awaad studied Islam from the age of 14 in Damascus, Syria.

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.

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) Maristāns and Islāmic Psychology: A Historical Model for Modern Implementation Rania Awaad and Merve Nursoy-Demir (Routledge, 2024)