Dr. Leenah Safi works closely with students to heighten connection with their voices and with their intuition as they navigate external and internal challenges. Based in a Qur’anic practice of shūrā, she holds in her pastoral perspective that voice and intuition are necessary mediums to connection with the divine, with self, and with community. All are welcome!
Dr. Safi finds that listening to the voice of Umm Kulthum is helpful in the work of recovering connection to her Syrian heritage and through memories of her grandparents and parents particularly. She can also be found listening to and playing along with jazz standards in the voice registers of Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. Dr. Safi is renewed by conversations about the meaning(s) of life, explorations of metaphysics in the works of Toni Morrison, having the opportunity to hear people talk about those they love, and the consumption of coffee prepared every which way.
Dr. Safi holds a B.A. in Islamic Law and Theology (Zaytuna College, ‘14), a Master of Divinity concentrating in Chaplaincy and Interreligious Engagement and a PhD in Practical Theology (Chicago Theological Seminary, M.Div. ‘18, PhD ‘26).