Omar Kaddoura Al Azhari
Teaches Tajweed, Quran, Qira’at, Arabic Calligraphy, Islamic Geometric Patterns, Arabic, Islamic Sciences
A hafidh of the Qur’an, Ustadh Omar was born in California. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Islamic Law (Shari’ah) from Al Azhar University Cairo. He is currently participating in the mufti program at Darulifta Cairo and doing his second degree in psychology. He holds an ijazah (certification) and high sanad (chain of transmission to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam) in the 10 Qira’at Sughra and Kubra, and the 4 Shaadh. He also has ijazahs in various Arabic Calligraphy scripts namely Riq’ah, Maghribi, Kufi, Diwani, Jali Diwani, Ta’liq/Nasta’liq, Naskh & Thuluth. He regularly participated in various Cairo Bi Annual international Arabic Calligraphy Exhibition and Al Azhar masjid Arabic Calligraphy Exhibition.
Muhammad Syarifuddin Al Azhari
Teaches Tajweed, Quran, Qira’at, Arabic Calligraphy, Arabic, Islamic Sciences
A hafidh of the Qur’an, Ustadh Muhammad Syarifuddin was born in Indonesia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Islamic Law (Shari’ah) from Al Azhar University Cairo. He is a Masters candidate in Islamic Law from Al Azhar University, Cairo. He holds an ijazah (certification) and high sanad (chain of transmission to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam) in the 10 Qira’at Sughra and Kubra recited from memory, and the 4 Shaadh. He also has ijazahs in various Arabic Calligraphy scripts namely Riq’ah, Maghribi, Kufi, Diwani, Jali Diwani, Ta’liq/Nasta’liq, Naskh & Thuluth. He regularly participated in various Cairo Bi Annual international Arabic Calligraphy Exhibition and Al Azhar masjid Arabic Calligraphy Exhibition.
Ahmad Kaddoura Al Azhari
Teaches Tajweed Quran, Arabic Calligraphy, Islamic Geometric Patterns & Illumination
A hafidh of the Qur’an, Ustadh Ahmad was born in California. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Islamic Law (Shari’ah) from Al Azhar University Cairo. He is currently doing his second degree in Computer Science. He holds an ijazah (certification) and high sanad (chain of transmission to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam) in the 10 Qira’at recited from memory. He also has ijazahs in various Arabic Calligraphy scripts. He regularly participated in various Cairo Bi Annual international Arabic Calligraphy Exhibition and Al Azhar masjid Arabic Calligraphy Exhibition.
Aisha Othman, Esquire
Teaches Tajweed, Quran, Qira’at Asharah, Islamic Inheritance (Mirath), Living Islam, Fiqh of Women Issues, Islamic Illuminations
The founder of Dar An-Noor (2015), Ustadha Aisha was born in Malaysia and resides in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family. She is also a member of California Bar and an attorney at law.
Ustadha Aisha studied with several distinguished Islamic scholars and luminaries, and authorized teachers of the Quran and Islamic sciences of Jordan, Syria, Tarim and Egypt.
She has an ijazah (certification) and high sanad (chain of transmission to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam) in the 10 Qira’at.
She also has ijazahs in various Arabic Calligraphy scripts. She regularly participated in various Cairo Bi Annual International Arabic Calligraphy Exhibition and Al Azhar masjid Arabic Calligraphy Exhibition.
Her journey began in 2008 when she decided to travel to Egypt with her three teenaged children to learn Arabic. Upon completion of the 9 months intensive Arabic program, the family returned to California and began teaching in a local masjid in Southern California. A year later, the family returned to Cairo where Ustadha Aisha continued her Islamic studies and enrolled her children at an Al Azhar high school and further their studies at Al Azhar University Cairo where they obtained their Bachelor’s degree in Islamic Law (Shari’ah).
