Yusuf Mullick
Level 1 Instructor

Yusuf Mullick graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, studying pure mathematics and Arabic. He teaches elementary-, intermediate-, and advanced-level Arabic at Zaytuna College and at the University of San Francisco, and his academic interests include Arabic etymology and lexicography.

Dawood Yasin
Level 1 Instructor

Dawood Yasin is a teacher and a religious leader. He pursued his formal studies of Islam and Arabic in Damascus, Syria, for five years after which he served as a teaching assistant of Arabic at Yale University (2002-2004). He is currently working toward a Master's degree in Globalization Studies at Dartmouth College in Vermont. At Dartmouth, he also serves as the Muslim Life and Service Trips Coordinator for the Tucker Foundation.

Isra' Wazna
Level 2 Instructor

Isra' Wazna is an Arabic writer who has studied Arabic in Saudi Arabia, where she was born and raised. She is a graduate of King AbdulAziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She comes to the Zaytuna Summer Intensive with an extensive background in Arabic, and she has studied several subjects, including hadith, tajwid, and fiqh, with Arabic as the primary language of instruction.

Ebadur Rahman
Level 1 Teaching Assistant

Ebadur Rahman is one of five students who comprised the first graduating class of the Zaytuna seminary program. He currently studies at New York University, and he has also taught at the NYU Islamic Center as well as the MECCA, a Muslim educational organization in New York City.

Adrian Wood-Smith
Level 1 Teaching Assistant

Adrian Wood-Smith graduated from Dartmouth College in 2010 with a major in Arabic. He has participated in numerous Arabic Intensives, including the University of Virginia Arabic program in Jordan and the Middlebury program in Alexandria, and he has studied at the Center for Arabic Study Abroad 10-month program.

Noor Darwazeh
Level 2 Teaching Assistant

Noor Darwazeh is a 2010 graduate of Jordon Yarmouk University. She studied Arabic primarily in Jordan and has worked and volunteered for several organizations, including Qasid Arabic Institute and the School for International Training.