{"id":1423,"date":"2021-01-25T04:36:45","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T04:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/planomasjid.org\/taqwa-seminary\/?page_id=1423"},"modified":"2022-08-29T08:18:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T08:18:06","slug":"ustadh-fahad-alghamdi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/planomasjid.org\/taqwa-seminary\/ustadh-fahad-alghamdi\/","title":{"rendered":"Ustadh Fahad Alghamdi"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1423\" class=\"elementor elementor-1423\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-423b437 header-inner-title elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"423b437\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f08291\" data-id=\"0f08291\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a2ba27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a2ba27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ustadh Fahad Alghamdi<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b76708c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b76708c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Ustadh Fahad Alghamdi comes from a long tradition of education: both his parents are retired educators having spent over 40 years guiding various educational efforts. Having completed his Hifz in 1998, Ustadh Fahad was Imam and Khateeb in Jeddah for five years before he decided to focus his efforts on his true love: the Arabic language.<\/p><p>He obtained a Bachelor\u2019s in Arabic Studies from King Abdul-Aziz University in Jeddah in 2008, focusing on Nahw, Sarf, Balagha and the development of Arabic Literature throughout history. During his studies in Jeddah he was fortunate to study under some of the most prominent scholars in the Arabian Peninsula: Ibn-Baz, Ibn Othaimeen, Saleh Alfozan, Muhammad Almukhtar Alshanqeety, Abdu-Allah Albassam, and Ibn-Jibreen. He was also blessed to sit in halaqaat with the Imams of the Haram in Makkah: Alshuraim and Alsudais.<\/p><p>Upon relocating to the United States, Ustadh Fahad went on to complete his MBA from Texas A&amp;M with a 4.0 GPA. Throughout his academic and professional life he has garnered numerous awards and been recognized for his leadership skills.<\/p><p>He currently lives in Plano, TX with his family and is Adjunct Professor of Arabic at TAQWA Seminary.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23a8200 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"23a8200\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Academic Positions<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4546cc3 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"4546cc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Quran and Hifz Instructor \u2013 IACC (2013 ~ Present)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Director of the Arabic Language Institute \u2013 TAQWA Seminary (2014 ~ Present)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6535342 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6535342\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Education & Training<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15a81c3 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"15a81c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">MBA (Business Administration) \u2013 Texas A&M (2013)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">BA (Arabic Language Studies) \u2013 Jeddah KSA (2008)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Head of Arabic Language Institute Ustadh Fahad Alghamdi Ustadh Fahad Alghamdi comes from a long tradition of education: both his parents are retired educators having spent over 40 years guiding various educational efforts. Having completed his Hifz in 1998, Ustadh Fahad was Imam and Khateeb in Jeddah for five years before he decided to focus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planomasjid.org\/taqwa-seminary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1423"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planomasjid.org\/taqwa-seminary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planomasjid.org\/taqwa-seminary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planomasjid.org\/taqwa-seminary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planomasjid.org\/taqwa-seminary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1423"}],"version-history":[{"count":55,"href":"https:\/\/planomasjid.org\/taqwa-seminary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7213,"href":"https:\/\/planomasjid.org\/taqwa-seminary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1423\/revisions\/7213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planomasjid.org\/taqwa-seminary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}