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About Zaha

Short (50 words). Zaha is the first coordinated Muslim mental health platform: a licensed Muslim therapist and a vetted imam, chaplain or spiritual advisor working with the same client on one shared care plan, across six evidence-based programs — anxiety, OCD, divorce recovery, grief, premarital prep, and marriage counseling.

Long (120 words). Zaha is the first coordinated Muslim mental health and spiritual care platform. Most American Muslims who seek therapy face a choice: a therapist who doesn't understand the religious frame, or an imam without clinical training. Zaha pairs both. A licensed Muslim therapist and a vetted imam, chaplain or spiritual advisor share one care plan across six structured programs — Sakina (anxiety & depression), Yaqeen (OCD & religious anxiety), Fajr (divorce recovery), Sabr (grief), Mithaq (premarital), and Rahma (marriage counseling) — with shared protocols, joint sessions, and outcomes tracked from day one. Founded by Faizan Farukh, who built Zaha after watching Muslims he loves start therapy and quit because no one bridged the clinical and the spiritual. Launching April 1, 2027 — cash-pay, virtual, starting with a few launch markets and expanding state by state as clinicians are licensed in each.

Quick fact sheet

Founded

2026 · Delaware C-Corporation (Zaha Health, Inc.), incorporated August 2026 · launching April 1, 2027

Founder

Faizan Farukh · solo founder

Model

Coordinated dual-provider care · licensed Muslim therapist + vetted imam, chaplain or spiritual advisor · one shared care plan per client · cash-pay, $200/week entry pricing (varies by program)

Programs

Six. Sakina (anxiety/depression, 8 wks). Yaqeen (OCD/religious anxiety, 12 wks). Fajr (divorce recovery, 8 wks). Sabr (grief, 8 wks). Mithaq (premarital, 3 sessions). Rahma (marriage counseling, 12 wks).

Reach

Virtual, rolling out state by state, starting with a few launch markets.

Market

~4 million U.S. Muslim adults. 22% rate their mental health "fair" or "poor" — higher than Protestants (13%) and White Evangelicals (9%). 32% have ever seen a mental-health professional, up from 25% in 2019. Source: ISPU American Muslim Poll 2025.

Audience

American Muslims seeking culturally and religiously fluent mental-health care. Sect-inclusive. Gender is asked at intake for both seats and honored where the provider team allows, never assumed.

Outcomes

Standardized PHQ-9 and GAD-7 tracking from Day 1, reviewed by our Clinical Advisor.

Data protection

Encrypted, privacy-first by design; vendors are selected against data-protection standards and contracted before the first client. No client data exists yet — the platform opens in 2027.

Founder bio

Short. Faizan Farukh is the founder of Zaha, the first coordinated Muslim mental health platform, which pairs licensed Muslim therapists with vetted imams, chaplains and spiritual advisors on shared care plans. He built Zaha after watching Muslims he loves quit therapy.

Long. Faizan Farukh is the founder of Zaha, the first coordinated Muslim mental health platform, which pairs licensed Muslim therapists with vetted imams, chaplains and spiritual advisors on shared care plans. He built Zaha after watching Muslims he loves start therapy and quit — not because therapy failed, but because no one bridged the clinical and the spiritual, leaving them to translate between a clinician who misread their faith and an imam not trained for the clinical part. Zaha launches April 2027 with six structured, evidence-based, cash-pay programs across a few U.S. launch markets, tracking clinical outcomes from day one.

Speaking topics

Zaha’s providers — licensed therapists, imams and chaplains — are available now for interviews and panels. Write to hello@zaha.health and we’ll make the introduction. Every provider confirms in writing, per interview, before we pass on a name. Faizan takes podcasts and editorial conversations from 2028. Topics either way:

The Muslim mental-health gap and why faith-literate clinical care is rare
Coordinated dual-provider models — how a therapist and a spiritual advisor actually share a client
Religious scrupulosity (waswasa) and adapting ERP for Muslim presentations
Founding a values-led healthcare company as a solo founder
Building outcomes infrastructure into a platform from Day 1, not Year 3

Brand assets

Wordmark

Primary lockup. Lowercase letters, terra-colored period. Vector outlines, no font needed.

SVG · PNG, transparent

Avatar mark

“z.” on a charcoal tile. For social profiles and favicons.

PNG · 1024px

Style guide for press

Wordmark

Always lowercase: zaha The terra-colored period is part of the mark; preserve it. The full company name is Zaha Health in editorial prose.

Pronunciation

ZAH-ha. The name traces to an Arabic root meaning to flourish, to thrive.

Programs

Italicize Arabic program names on first reference: Sakina, Yaqeen, Fajr, Sabr, Mithaq, Rahma. After first reference, regular type is fine.

Sect framing

"Sect-inclusive" or "across the Muslim ummah" is preferred. Avoid framing Zaha as Sunni-specific or Shia-specific in copy.

Geography

Virtual, rolling out state by state, starting with a few launch markets. Therapists are licensed per state, so a client is matched only with a therapist licensed where they live. Avoid naming a specific launch state.

Honorifics

When quoting Islamic figures, retain salawat where used in source material (e.g. "the Prophet ﷺ"). Don't add or remove based on house style.

Media contact

Press inquiries & founder availability: hello@zaha.health — monitored inbox

Response within 48 hours. For broadcast bookings, please include outlet, format, expected air date, and approximate audience.