Zaynab Ansari spent a decade studying Farsi, Arabic, and traditional Islam in the Middle East,
graduating from a seminary in Damascus, and spending time in the land of her ancestors. She
also took degrees in history and Middle Eastern Studies at Georgia State University, where she
collected oral histories from Atlanta’s historic African-American Muslim community for her
research.

Zaynab Ansari serves as an instructor, board member, and scholar-in-residence at Tayseer
Seminary, where she teaches classes on Islamic law, Qur’anic studies, Prophetic biography,
American Muslim history, and women in Islam. She is a contributor to various Islamic
educational portals, including SeekersGuidance and Rabata, the latter a pioneering online
resource for women’s theological training.