Born and raised in Berkeley, California, Ustadh Abdul Karim Yahya,by the Grace of Allah, embraced Islam in 1989 in his home city. In 1996,having been inspired to study religious knowledge by the books of Imam Ghazali (Allah be pleased with him) and the call for the revivalof Islamic knowledge, he traveled with his family to Damascus, Syriawhere he embarked on a course of active pursuit of knowledge.
During his two-year stay in Damascus he focused his attention on theacquisition of an elementary knowledge of the Arabic language and Quranic recitation, studying the latter under the tutelage of the highlyrespected Shaykh of Qur'an Abu Anas (Allah preserve him) at the Rawda Mosque in Damascus.
Thereafter he moved on with his family to Tarim, Hadramaut where he currently resides.
