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Thanks to everyone who joined us for our last Jummah this semester. Stay tuned for more ✨🤲
05/08/2026

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our last Jummah this semester. Stay tuned for more ✨🤲

This Week at NYU Islamic Center: April 27th - May 3rd
04/30/2026

This Week at NYU Islamic Center: April 27th - May 3rd

This Week at NYU Islamic Center: April 20th - April 26thNew Upcoming EventsFlip Your Fear: From Anxiety to JoyMonday, Ap...
04/19/2026

This Week at NYU Islamic Center: April 20th - April 26th

New Upcoming Events
Flip Your Fear: From Anxiety to Joy
Monday, April 20, Monday 7:00 PM at GCASL Rm. 475
Learn how to work with anxiety instead of against it by uncovering the hidden desires beneath your fears and transforming them into clarity, energy, and joy.

Finding Purpose: Reflections from Sura al-Dukhan, Part XII
Tuesday, April 21st, 6:00 PM at GCASL, Rm 472
Join Dr. Sheikh Faiyaz Jaffer for a profound exploration of Sura al-Dukhan, uncovering timeless Quranic insights to help you reflect, reconnect, and discover your ultimate life’s purpose.

Write Like You Mean It Writing Workshop
Friday, April 24th 6:00 PM at GCASL Rm. 461
Join us for this lecture by award-winning author Zeyad Masroor Khan to discover the fundamentals of powerful writing: economy of language, precision of thought, and the art of a sentence that lands.

Fortitude of the Heart Mind and Soul
Wednesdays, 6:00 PM at GCASL Rm. 472
Join Dr. Marwa for an Islamic Psycho-Spiritual series on finding Strength, anchoring, and elevation within in Turbulent Times.

Dua Kumayl Bookclub
Thursday, 6:00 PM at GCASL Rm. 472
Join us for a spiritually grounding evening as we gather to recite Dua Kumayl, a powerful supplication of forgiveness, mercy, and closeness to Allah. We will also be having our book club where we will be discussing God Centered Spirituality: A Commentary on Du’a Abu Hamza (https://t.e2ma.net/click/8yc8vq/gl7skmrc/4v3jn6d). Feel free to bring a copy. Together, we will create space for reflection and renewal. All are welcome!

Jummah Prayers
Shia Tradition Prayer: Friday, 12:55 PM at GCASL Rm. 472
Sunni Tradition Prayer: Friday, 1:15 PM at GCASL 5th Fl, Grand Hall
Join us for Jummah at NYU Islamic Center! Open to all.

Words carry weight. Let’s use them with intention ✨Join us for Write Like You Mean It, a writing workshop with Zeyad Mas...
04/17/2026

Words carry weight. Let’s use them with intention ✨

Join us for Write Like You Mean It, a writing workshop with Zeyad Masroor Khan on crafting clear, honest, and impactful stories.

Zeyad Masroor Khan is an award-winning author and journalist whose work has appeared in Reuters, VICE, and Brut. He is currently pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at NYU.

📍 GCASL, Room 461
🗓 Friday, April 24
⏰ 6:00 PM

Whether you’re working on personal essays, Statements of Purpose, or simply finding your voice, this is a space to begin, reflect, and grow.

🔗 RSVP via the link in our bio to secure your spot

RSVP Link in BioDate: Monday, April 20, 2026Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PMLocation: 238 Thompson St, 4th Floor, Room 475 Flip You...
04/14/2026

RSVP Link in Bio
Date: Monday, April 20, 2026
Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM
Location: 238 Thompson St, 4th Floor, Room 475

Flip Your Fear: From Anxiety to Joy A 1.5-Hour Virtual Workshop

Learn how to work with anxiety instead of against it by uncovering the hidden desires beneath your fears and transforming them into clarity, energy, and joy.

Anxiety often feels like the enemy - something to push down, outrun, or fix. But what if your fear is actually pointing toward something you deeply want? In this live virtual workshop, we’ll gently turn toward anxiety with curiosity rather than resistance, revealing the longing and aliveness underneath.

What we’ll do together: Through guided meditation, reflective journaling, and supportive sharing, you’ll move through a process of discovery, from the tightness of fear to the expansiveness of possibility. Each element of the workshop will build on each other, creating a warm, supportive container for real transformation.

What to bring: Your journal and a pen. Come ready to explore with an open mind and a willing heart.
You’ll leave with: A new relationship with your anxiety, practical tools you can return to again and again, and a lived experience of what it feels like to flip fear into fuel.

Learn how to work with anxiety instead of against it by uncovering the hidden desires beneath your fears and transformin...
04/14/2026

Learn how to work with anxiety instead of against it by uncovering the hidden desires beneath your fears and transforming them into clarity, energy, and joy.
Anxiety often feels like the enemy - something to push down, outrun, or fix. But what if your fear is actually pointing toward something you deeply want? In this workshop, we’ll gently turn toward anxiety with curiosity rather than resistance, revealing the longing and aliveness underneath.
What we’ll do together: Through guided meditation, reflective journaling, and supportive sharing, you’ll move through a process of discovery, from the tightness of fear to the expansiveness of possibility. Each element of the workshop will build on each other, creating a warm, supportive container for real transformation.
What to bring: Your journal and a pen. Come ready to explore with an open mind and a willing heart.
You’ll leave with: A new relationship with your anxiety, practical tools you can return to again and again, and a lived experience of what it feels like to flip fear into fuel.
About the facilitator: Yael Shy is a professor at New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service and the Founder and CEO of Sefira Wellness where she supports individuals and collectives uncover their inherent worth and capacity for deep joy. She is the author of the award-winning book, What Now? Meditation for Your Twenties and Beyond (Parallax, 2017), and the forthcoming Get Your Hopes Up: The Power of Desire to Ease Anxiety and Unleash Joy (Diversion, 2027). She is the Founder and former Senior Director of Mindful NYU and the Office of Global Spiritual Life at NYU.

This Week at NYU Islamic Center: April 13th - April 19th
04/12/2026

This Week at NYU Islamic Center: April 13th - April 19th

Students! 🎓 Join us for our Countdown to Commencement, a series of celebratory events bringing graduating seniors and gr...
04/12/2026

Students! 🎓 Join us for our Countdown to Commencement, a series of celebratory events bringing graduating seniors and grad students together to reflect, connect, and make the most of your final weeks before graduation 🎊🎉🙌

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