He was the Imam of the Islamic Center of Boulder, Colorado. Currently he is based in the Bay Area California and teaches Islamic and Arabic Language classes from the Muslim Community Association of the San Francisco Bay Area and from Masjid An-Nur Islamic Center in Sacramento. His classes are available via live streaming from his website.

He has been a regular guest on the Islam Channel.

His first name is also sometimes spelled Jamal, Jamil, Jameel, Jamaal or Zameel and his surname is often also spelled alternatively as Zarabojo, Jarabojo or Zaraboza.

Zarabozo's family are from Spain and parents are Catholic, although he was born in France.

He grew up in California.

He converted to Islam in 1976 at the age 16.

He is currently working on a book titled, “Jihad and Western Attitude toward War”

Zarabozo had studied Economics at the University of California in Berkley and in Davis and holds a Bachelors degree in the same field from Berkley and holds a Master's Degree in the same field from Davis.

He left his Ph.D. studies to pursue Islamic studies, and has been active in this area ever since.

He has a bachelors degree in economics from the university of California at Berkeley, and a masters in economics from the university of California at Davis.

Authored

• A Commentary on the Forty Hadith of Nawawi (A 3-volume Book of over 1500 pages)
• Towards Understanding Islam — Part I
• How to Approach and Understand the Quran
• The Authority and Importance of the Sunnah
• Purification of the Soul
• He Came to Teach you your Religion
• The Fiqh of the Friday Prayer
• The Friday Prayer — Khutbas I
• The Friday Prayer — Khutbas II
• Easy Fiqh
• Extremism in Islam

Translated (from Arabic into English)

• The World of The Jinn and The Devils, Author: Omar Al-Ashqar
• Words of Remembrance and Words of Reminder, Author: Salih al-Sadlaan
• The Fiqh of Marriage, Author: Salih al-Sadlaan
• Marital Discord, Author: Salih al-Sadlaan
• The Concise Presentation of The Fiqh

Other Books Edited or Compiled

• A Brief Illustrated Guide to Islam