Dr. Haifaa Younis is an American Board Certified Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with roots in Iraq. She is the founder, Chairman, and resident scholar at Jannah Institute. She is a Resident Scholar at the Islamic Center of Irvine, California. Dr. Younis graduated from the Mecca Institute of Islamic Studies (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) and Al-Huda Qur'an Memorization School (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) where she completed the memorization of the Qur'an. Currently, she lives and works in the United States, and teaches various Islamic studies courses focusing on purification of the heart (Tazkiyah).