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SUMMARY:Monthly Sisterhood Hike | Sisters in the Outdoors
DESCRIPTION:Join us at 8 a.m. on Sunday\, Oct. 5\, for a hike at Mt. Diablo State Park to get to know other sisters in the community and enjoy the great outdoors. No children\, please (female teens\, okay). Let us know you are coming: https://mcceastbay.org/rsvp \nIf sisters want to walk around more\, they can do it depending on their interest/time. The hike will be canceled if there are not enough RSVPs or depending on the weather. \n\n– When: Sunday\, Oct. 5\n– Time: 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. – Please arrive a little early to park and find the group. The group can wait till 8:15 a.m. and will start the hike. Please be on time\, since we cannot hold the group.\n– Carpool: We highly recommend carpooling. No carpool is available from MCC for this hike. Carpooling encouraged others on this hike. Please note that cell phone service is not available at the parking lot\, so we kindly request that you arrive on time.\n– Parking: There is a $6 parking fee this time. We will meet in the parking lot outside the gate. Please do not go inside the park even if the gate is open. We like to emphasize that there is no cell reception in the parking lot\, so please be there on time\, as we will not break the group to come back to get someone from the parking lot if they are running late.\n– Meeting Point: Macedo Ranch Staging Area\n– Trail:  Secret Valley Loop\n– Distance: 5.9 miles\n– Difficulty: Moderate\n– Misc: Wear hiking shoes if possible. There will be a small water crossing\, and your shoes might get wet. Bring a small breakfast/ Lunch sandwich or something to eat. Carry enough water\, a hat\, and a light jacket. Please download All Trails map (free version) in case you decide to return in the middle of the hike. This will be very helpful in navigating back to the parking lot.\n– RSVP: By Saturday\, Oct. 4\, please let us know you are coming for this hike: https://mcceastbay.org/rsvp\n\nSr. Aparna Khan and Sr. Sohaila will be leading this hike. If you have trouble finding the group on the day of the hike\, please call or text Sr. Aparna at (408) 480-6584 or Sr. Sohaila at (925) 786-7698. Please remember that we cannot hold all the group\, so we request you to please be on time. \nFor future hikes\, please subscribe to the MCC newsletter and/or add your phone number to the Women’s Hiking WhatsUp group. \nPlease wear comfortable walking/hiking shoes\, carry a water bottle\, a small snack\, a hat\, sunglasses\, and hiking poles if you have one.  \nQuestions? hiking@mcceastbay.org \nAbout this trail: \nThis trail has numerous vistas of Mt. Diablo\, much of the East Bay\, and up into Napa Valley. Walking the ridge right after a storm with crystal clear air would make for fantastic views of the East Bay cities. A visit in the spring should be particularly beautiful when the flowers are in bloom. \nWatch for mountain bikers on the dirt road portions of this hike.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/monthly-sisters-hike-5/
LOCATION:Mt. Diablo State Park
CATEGORIES:Women's Activities
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SUMMARY:Sisters' Self-Defense/Boxing/Fitness/Awareness Seminar | Amber Leibrock
DESCRIPTION:Sisters! Join Us for a Sisters-Only Self-Defense / Boxing / Fitness / Awareness Seminar! \nBuild confidence\, discover new ways to move with strength and purpose\, and understand how proper safety goes beyond physical techniques. This two-hour self-defense\, boxing\, fitness\, and awareness seminar at MCC East Bay is designed for sisters\, whether it’s your first time trying something like this or you’re already on a fitness journey. You’ll leave feeling informed\, inspired\, and empowered with MCC Fighter Amber Leimbrock. \n2 p.m. to 4 p.m. | Sunday\, Oct. 5 | Sisters only; ages 12+ only | Conference Room | $20/person | Register at mcceastbay.org/ready \nMax 32 attendees. \nWhat to Expect: \n\n– Self-Defense Basics: Learn practical techniques that make a real difference\, from protecting yourself in unexpected situations to understanding the power of awareness.\n– Boxing & Fitness: Explore movement and skills that build strength and resilience\, enhancing physical and mental well-being.\n– Safety & Awareness Tips: Real safety isn’t just physical—develop skills in awareness and confidence that extend beyond the gym.\n– Please wear comfortable clothes that are movable and can work out. We will be doing close partner-to-partner drills\, so make sure the clothing is secure so it doesn’t slip or fall during the workout sessions.\n\nBring your friends\, meet new ones\, and join a community of sisters focused on health\, growth\, and fun. Come as you are\, work at your own pace\, and leave feeling stronger\, more secure\, and ready to take on the world. \nNo experience is needed—just an open mind and a desire to learn and grow! \nPlease note that the class will start on time. You cannot join the class if you are more than 30 minutes late. Please be respectful of the instructor’s time. \nCancelation policy: If you cannot make it\, please let us know ASAP so we can give your spot to the next person on the waitlist. You will not be eligible for a refund if you cancel with less than 24 hours notice. \nMCC has a standing policy that financial need should never prevent a person from attending any event or class held within the community center. To request a financial waiver\, message scholarship@mcceastbay.org \nAbout the Presenter\nAmber Leibrock is a mixed martial artist who competes in the Professional Fighters League (PFL) Featherweight division. Born and raised in the East Bay\, she trains with M.J. Hamid\, an MCC congregation member and trainer. After her fight with Larissa Pacheco\, she went through a tough time. Br. Hamid introduced her to Islam. She took her Shahadah at MCC on July 21\, 2023. Since then\, she’s been attending Jumu’ah (Friday prayer services) regularly. Ahead of a fight\, ESPN did this profile on Sister Amber. Learn more\n\n“I just see it (Islam) spilling over to my everyday life. How I feel inside\, how I feel about myself\, how I feel and interact with other people.” – Amber Leibrock in an ESPN fighter profile \nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/muslimah-self-defense/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Quran Connection: A Women's Journey Guided by Revelation | The Rahmah Foundation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an inspiring gathering that will deepen our connection with the Book of Allah\, offering reflection\, discussion\, and practical takeaways for everyday life. Together\, we will uncover how revelation shapes faith\, resilience\, and purpose\, and how women throughout history and today continue to draw strength and direction from it. \nWhether you seek to strengthen your personal relationship with the Qur’an or to be uplifted in the company of fellow sisters\, this journey invites you to engage your heart\, mind\, and spirit in light of divine guidance. \nSaturday\, Oct. 25\, 2025 | 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. | MCC Prayer Hall | Sisters Ages 14+ | $45 (in-person) or $30 (virtual) | Register at mcceastbay.org/quran-connection \nNo babysitting option | Pre-paid lunch provided in the Banquet Hall. Coffee and tea will be served. \nThe event will not be publicly live-streamed. A link to view the live-stream will be emailed an hour before the event. \nMCC has a standing policy that financial need should never hold a person back from attaining spiritual or educational knowledge within the four walls of the Muslim Community Center. For a financial waiver for this event\, please email scholarship@mcceastbay.org.  \nThe Rahmah Foundation and MCC East Bay are sponsors for this event. \n\n\n– More videos in collaboration with Rahmah Foundation: HTTP://mcceastbay.org/rahmah-foundation \n\n\n– First Conference “Womanhood Defined”: https://mcceastbay.org/womanhood-retreat \n\n– Second Conference “Womanhood Reimagined”: http://mcceastbay.org/reimagine\n– Third Conference “Womanhood Inspired”: http://mcceastbay.org/inspired\n– Fourth Conference: “Womanhood Qiyam:” https://youtu.be/ZqwrJQmXhT0 & https://youtu.be/YyC5HYcGi0c\n– Fifth Conference: http://mcceastbay.org/reflect\n\nQuestions? events@mcceastbay.org \nAbout the Speakers \nUstadha Shamira Chothia Ahmed\nBorn and raised in California’s Central Valley\, Shamira Chothia Ahmed is passionate about educating and empowering Muslim women to reach their highest spiritual potential through acquiring sacred knowledge. \nHaving graduated as valedictorian from a large public high school\, her studies led her — following a brief soul-searching stint at Georgetown University — to seek sacred knowledge from scholars on three continents — Africa\, Europe\, and Asia. \nUstadha Shamira began her journey in seeking sacred knowledge at the women’s Dar-ul-Uloom Mu’eenal Islam seminary in South Africa\, and completed the five-year intensive ‘alima program at Ja’mia Al-Imam Muhammad Zakariyya\, one of Britain’s first and most renowned Islamic universities for women. There she was granted ijāzah (authorization) in Sahīh al-Bukhārī\, Sahīh al-Muslim\, Sunan at-Tirmidhī\, Sunan Abī Dāwūd\, Sunan an-Nasā’ī\, and Sunan Ibn Mājah. Thereafter\, she continued her Arabic and Qur’anic studies in Damascus\, Syria where she obtained an ijāzah in Tajwīd of the Ḥafṣ recitation from the late eminent Syrian scholar\, Shaykh Ḥasan al-Kurdī. \nIn 2005\, Ustadha Shamira taught Hanafi fiqh for women at the Zaytuna Institute in California and since then has taught various Islamic sciences in venues across North America. In 2008\, she earned a Master’s Degree in Demographics and Social Analysis from the University of California at Irvine\, focusing on the identity formation of the Muslim-American population. \nIn 2013\, Ustadha Shamira specialized in the detailed rulings of menstruation\, lochia\, and abnormal discharge under the direction of Mufti Abdur Rahman Ibn Yusuf Mangera and assisted in compiling Imam Abu Hanifa’s Al-Fiqh al-Akbar Explained. \nUstadha Shamira is a co-founder of The Rahmah Foundation\, a non-profit organization dedicated to disseminating traditional Islamic knowledge by qualified female teachers to Muslim women around the globe. \nShe is a passionate advocate for natural birth\, infusing her natural birth classes with Islamic spirituality since 2009\, and has been a qualified lactation counselor since 2011. \nHer latest endeavor is her sisters-only YouTube channel catering to women’s educational and spiritual needs through short talks and reminders. Ustadha Shamira resides in sunny\, Southern California with her husband and four children. \nUstadha Rania Awaad\nRania Awaad\, M.D. is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine where she is the Director of the Muslim Mental Health Lab and Wellness Program and Director of the Diversity Clinic. She pursued her psychiatric residency training at Stanford where she also completed a postdoctoral clinical research fellowship with the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Her research and clinical work are focused on the mental health needs of Muslims. Her courses at Stanford range from teaching a pioneering course on Islamic Psychology\, instructing medical students and residents on implicit bias and integrating culture and religion into medical care to teaching undergraduate and graduate students the psychology of xenophobia. Her most recent academic publications include an edited volume on “Islamophobia and Psychiatry” (Springer\, 2019) and upcoming texts on Islamic Psychology (Routledge\, 2020) and Muslim Mental Health. She has also produced a toolkit\, fact sheet\, CME course\, and is now editing a clinical textbook on Muslim mental health for the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Awaad is particularly passionate about uncovering the historical roots of mental health care in the Islamic intellectual heritage. Through her outreach work at Stanford\, she is also the Clinical Director of the San Francisco Bay Area branches of the Khalil Center\, a spiritual wellness center pioneering the application of traditional Islamic spiritual healing methods to modern clinical psychology. She has been the recipient of several awards and grants for her work. Prior to studying medicine\, she pursued classical Islamic studies in Damascus\, Syria and holds certifications (ijaza) in Qur’an\, Islamic Law and other branches of the Islamic Sciences. Dr. Awaad has also served as the first female Professor of Islamic Law at Zaytuna College\, a Muslim Liberal Arts College in Berkeley\, CA where she taught courses on Shafi’i Fiqh and Women’s Fiqh and Qur’anic sciences for nearly a decade. In addition\, she serves as the Director of The Rahmah Foundation\, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating Muslim women and girls. At Rahmah\, she oversees the Murbiyyah spiritual mentoring program for girls. Dr. Awaad is a nationally recognized speaker\, award-winning teacher\, researcher and author in both the Islamic and medical sciences. \nFollow her on I/T: Dr.RaniaAwaad \nUstadha Suzane Derani\nRaised in Michigan\, Ustadha Suzane began studying the Qur’an at a very young age\, all throughout her regular schooling. In 1996\, Suzane traveled to Damascus\, Syria to pursue Islamic sciences\, with studies in Arabic\, Seerah\, Aqeedah\, Shafii Fiqh and Qur’an memorization. She also studied Seerah with the late esteemed Shaykha Samira al Zayid and other Syrian scholars. Suzane felt a deep passion and connection to the Qur’an and later returned to Syria in 1998 to further her Qur’an studies. She holds a degree in the Hafs recitation of the Qur’an from the late esteemed Syrian scholar and Qur’an expert\, Shaykh Abul Hasan al-Kurdi. Following her ijaza\, she worked toward completing the memorization of the Qur’an at the age of 18. A few years after returning from Syria\, Suzane moved to the Bay Area\, California and taught tajwid for a brief year at Zaytuna Institute in Hayward\, California. There\, she also studied under Shaykh Hamza Yusuf\, Imam Zaid Shakir and other local scholars. Suzane also studied Hadith in numerous workshops in the East Bay with Shaykh Samer an-Nas. Suzane has over twenty years experience teaching the memorization of the Qur’an as well as its accompanying sciences\, tajweed and tafseer\, and continues to teach privately. \nSuzane graduated with a B.A. in European and Middle Eastern history\, with a focus on secondary education. She is an educator with extensive experience teaching history to high school students in private school. With her traditional training and classical teaching experience\, Suzane has taught multi-level individualized and group classes for children\, teens and adults. Additionally\, she has held motivational workshops for teens and women on how to excel in their Qur’an studies. Suzane released her first Islamic children’s book\, The Quran My Best Friend\, in the month of Ramadan\, 2020. She is currently living in the Bay Area with her family where she home schools her kids along with teaching the Qur’an. She serves as a board member for the Rahmah Foundation. Suzane continues to further her studies in the different sciences of the Qur’an with scholars around the world as well as write books for children and mentor youth throughout the Bay Area. \nUstadha Hosai Mojaddidi\n\nUstadha Hosai is the co-founder of MH4M (http://mentalhealth4muslims.com)\, established in 2010. For nearly 20 years\, she has been actively involved in the Bay Area and southern California Muslim community\, working and volunteering for many notable organizations. Learn more about her at http://hosaimojaddidi.com \n– More Ustadha Hosai: http://mcceastbay.org/hosai \nUstadha Hosai Mojaddidi was born in Afghanistan and moved to the United States with her family at age two. She credits her Islamic journey to the year 1996 when she began attending Islamic classes in Hayward\, California. These classes were taught by her teacher and mentor since then; Shaykh Hamza Yusuf. \nOne of her main areas of focus is to help create a strong sisterhood for the women in the community by leading halaqas (spiritual study circles) and support groups whilst offering individual spiritual counseling and mentoring. She noted that many of the spiritual problems encountered were actually reflective of the deep and complicated mental health issues of the community and would be better served by focusing on mental health. Thus\, along with her cousin Dr. Nafisa Sekandari\, they co-founded a website called Mental Health 4 Muslims (www.mentalhealth4muslims.com). \n\nUstadha Mona Elzankaly\nBorn in Cairo\, Egypt and raised in Southern California\, Ustadha Mona Elzankaly graduated from the University of California\, Riverside with a bachelor’s degree in computer science and mathematics in 1994. \nIn 1998 Ustadha Mona began seeking sacred knowledge at the Zaytuna Institute in Hayward CA. She later traveled internationally seeking sacred knowledge. She has studied under many eminent scholars such as Shaykh Hamza Yusuf\, Shaykh Khatri\, Shaykh Abd Allah b. Bayyah\, Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi\, Shaykh Salik b. Siddina\, Imam Zaid Shakir\, Habib Umar b. Hafiz\, Habib Ali al-Jifri and other scholars from Syria\, Yemen and Egypt. \nUstadha Mona obtained different Ijaazahs in Tajwid\, different books of hadith\, Aqidah\, and Maliki Fiqh. In 2008 She completed the four-year Zaytuna Seminary pilot program and received a baccalaureate degree in Islamic Studies. In 2014 she completed a four-year Islamic Shari’a program at al-Azhar University in Cairo Egypt. \nUstadha Mona began teaching in 2002 both privately and publicly. She has taught for Zaytuna Institute\, Sisters Deen Intensive\, Dar al-Zahra Tarim Yemen\, The Rahmah Foundation and Meadows of al-Mustafa. She currently teaches at Nur al-Iman an Islamic studies program for ladies. \n\n\n\n– First Conference “Womanhood Defined”: https://mcceastbay.org/womanhood-retreat\n– Second Conference “Womanhood Reimagined”: http://mcceastbay.org/reimagine\n– Third Conference “Womanhood Inspired”: http://mcceastbay.org/inspired\n– Fourth Conference: “Womanhood Qiyam:” https://youtu.be/ZqwrJQmXhT0 & https://youtu.be/YyC5HYcGi0c\n– Fifth Conference: http://mcceastbay.org/reflect\n\nSponsored by The Rahmah Foundation & MCC East Bay.
URL:https://mcceastbay.org/event/rahmah-conference/
LOCATION:MCC East Bay\, 5724 W Las Positas Blvd #300\, Pleasanton\, CA\, 94588\, United States
CATEGORIES:Women's Activities
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