Our Instructors

Ensorullah Yama Mohammad

Yama Mohammad began his Arabic studies at Zaytuna Institute in 1998, now known as Zaytuna College, located in Berkeley, CA.  In 2002, he traveled to Mauritania to study with some of the great luminaries of our time.  He was blessed to study with them the sacred sciences and the Arabic language. 

In 2015, he earned his BA and MA in Arabic from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).  He has taught Arabic at Middlebury Language Schools and was a Teaching Assistant Zaytuna College.

His research interests include Classical Arabic linguistics, literature, and early Islamic history.