Introducing Us - the Dr and the Stranger

The Dr is  Yemeni with a Phd in Arabic language focussing on the way Arabic langauge is used in the Quran. She has a strong knowledge of tafsir loghawi (linguistic explanations of Quran) as well as tazkiya an-nafs (purification of the self). Dr is active in many Islamic pursuits such as being involved with the running of an orphanage with over 400 orphans, a school and regularly lectures publically on Islamic topics to the local people in Sana'a.

The Dr wanted to widen her dawa activites by speaking about Islam in English and has embarked upon the journey of learning English. So far she has only very basic English so decided to go into collaboration with al-Ghariba - "the stranger", to make dawa to English speaking Muslims and non-Muslims with al-Ghariba making translations of their tafsir discussions.

Al-Ghariba is a muhajirah in Yemen and has been in Yemen since 2008. Al-Ghariba is a recluse and doesn't do much face to face dawa  and so collaborating with the Dr has opened a way for her to use her Arabic skills, do dawa to her fellow English speaking Muslism and non-Muslims and to spend time chatting about Islamic topics with the Dr.thus increasing her knowledge.

The Dr and al-Ghariba welcome constructive comments and questions from all.