Sharjah - Renowned American Islamic scholar and writer Hamza Yusuf will deliver a lecture at the American University of Sharjah (AUS) on Sunday, October 24, 2004 at 8:30 p.m. The lecture, entitled "Our Humanity in the Balance," will be presented in the Main Auditorium on the AUS campus.
The event is part of the Ramadan Lecture Series held under the patronage of His Highness the President of the UAE and is open to the general public.
Hamza Yusuf is well known throughout the world for his scholarship and work on Islam. He has lectured extensively, been interviewed on international television news channels, and written for a wide array of international publications.
Born in Washington State, Hamza Yusuf grew up in Northern California. In 1977, he became a Muslim and subsequently traveled to the Muslim world - specifically, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and North and West Africa - where he studied for 10 years. He received teaching licenses in various Islamic subjects from several well-known scholars. After a decade of studying abroad, he returned to the US and earned degrees in religious studies and health care.
Hamza Yusuf is the founder of the Zaytuna Institute, an organization dedicated to the revival of traditional study methods and the sciences in Islam. He is also the first American scholar to teach at Morocco's oldest and most prestigious university, Kairoiuin, in Fez. He has translated several classical Arabic traditional texts and poems into modern English. Hamza Yusuf lives in Northern California with his wife and five children.
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