Ustadh Morad Awad joined the team at EPIC in December 2019 as a Youth Director. Born and raised in New Jersey, he understands the struggles our youth are going through and how to deal with them. Coming from a Palestinian family, he grew up proficient in both Arabic and English. Ustadh Morad began to be active in Da’wah in his university NJIT where he graduated with B.S. in Civil Engineering. Throughout his years in university, he began to focus on gathering Muslim youth in different Masjids and was a leader in starting some youth programs.
He began seeking Islamic Knowledge with scholars in the U.S before he moved to Saudi Arabia in 2012. He worked in King Saud University and The College of Excellence in Madinah where taught English and Islamic Studies. There he studied a variety of Islamic sciences with scholars in Riyadh and Madinah where he received Ijaza’s in Quran, Books of Hadeeth, Fiqh, and Usool Fiqh.
Ustadh Morad enjoys doing martial arts, traveling to different places, and is known for making a tasty traditional Palestinian sweet dish called “KUNAFA”. Come by and try it sometime.
