Anse Randa Mardini serves as an instructor in the field of Sīra at the Ribaat Academic Institute. She joins Ribaat with extensive studies in all of the fields of Islamic Studies and holds a degree in electronic engineering from Damascus University. Additionally, she holds ijāza (verified certifications) in Quran in the Hafs recitation and is an accredited and experienced educator.
Anse Randa has studied the full curriculum of Islamic sacred texts and subjects including Shāfiʿī jurisprudence (fiqh), Islamic theology (ʿaqīda), Quranic sciences (tafsīr and tajwīd), Arabic grammar (naḥū), geography of the Muslim world, Islamic civilization and culture, Islamic history and classical methods of spiritual growth (tazkiya). Her specialty area is the sīra of the Prophet ﷺ, in which she has done extensive research since the 1990’s.
She has been part of many efforts to teach and spread knowledge of the Prophet’s life and lessons learned from it, including curriculum programs, an Arabic and English software “Prophets & Messengers in the Shade of Islam”, and the translation of “A Compendium of the Sources on the Prophetic Narrative”. She has taught in schools and masjids in Damascus for many years.
Anse Randa has been teaching Sīra with Ribaat since 2018.
