# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zaid-shakir
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:00:57.874Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zaid-shakir"
name: "Zaid Shakir"
slug: "zaid-shakir"
description: "Zaid Shakir is an American Muslim scholar and co-founder of Zaytuna College in Berkeley, California. He teaches courses on Arabic, law, history, and Islamic spirituality."
tagline: "American Islamic scholar"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Z._Shakir.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1956-05-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.8
  momentum:             0.2572706935123042
  historical:           6.166345333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://newislamicdirections.com"
sources:
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    title: "زید شاکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B1"
    title: "زيد شاكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%DB%95%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B1"
    title: "زەید شاکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaid_Shakir"
    title: "Zaid Shakir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaid_Shakir"
    title: "Zaid Shakir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaid_Shakir"
    title: "Zaid Shakir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B1"
    title: "زید شاکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8064787"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump