MIST 2022 Winners 

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*Defer to award ceremony results if discrepancies exist below.

Overall Team

1. Lakeside High School

2. Denmark High School

3. Al Falah Academy

Overall Individual

1. Sameer Mahmood (Chattahoochee High School)

2. Jude Albasheer (Lakeside High School)

3. Khizar Junaid (Denmark High School)

CATEGORY I: KNOWLEDGE & QURAN

Knowledge Test 1

1. Zahin Hoque (Denmark High School)

2. Sameer Mahmood (Chattahoochee High School)

3. Sameen Rizvi (North Oconee High School)

4. Syed Rizvi (North Oconee High School)

5. Aarib Ahmad Siddiqui (Alpharetta High School)

Knowledge Test 2

1. Taqiyah Anam (Alliance Academy for Innovation)

2. Haroon Khader (Denmark High School)

3. Sarah Moukhlis (Kell High School)

4. Diyanah Jilani (Collins Hill High School)

5. Huda Ahmed (West Forsyth High School)

Knowledge Test 3

1. Abdul-Rafay Ahmed (West Forsyth High School)

2. Talhah Khan (Alpharetta High School)

3. Imran Chowdhury (Kennesaw Mountain High School)

4. Ammara Waqas (Greenbrier High School)

5. Danyah Ahmed (Greenbrier High School)

Quran Memorization 1- Brothers

1. Ahmad Tauha (Innovation Academy)

2. Humza Mansuri (Kennesaw Mountain High School)

3. Sammy Churbaji (ILM Academy)

4. Muhammad Alanabtawi (Al Falah Academy)

5. Basheeruddin Sheikh (Denmark High School)

Quran Memorization 1 - Sisters

1. Zaina Chrak (East Paulding High School)

2. Rameen Husain (Hillgrove High School)

3. Aroush Malik (Innovation Academy)

Quran Memorization 2- Brothers

1. Hariz Mansuri (Kennesaw Mountain High School)

2. Hadi Syed (Lambert High School)

3. Omair Qureshi (Denmark High School)

4. Mafaaz Siddiqui (Milton High School)

5. Safiullah Mohammed (ILM Academy)

Quran Memorization 2 - Sisters

1. Hala Majd (Al Falah Academy)

Quran Memorization 3- Brothers

1. Ahsan Zulfiqar (Innovation Academy)

2. Khizar Junaid (Denmark High School)

3. Zain Ghazanfar (Alpharetta High School)

4. Azzaam Baig (Denmark High School)

Quran Memorization 3 - Sisters

1. Zara Qureshi (Innovation Academy)

Quran Recitation - Brothers

1. Ammaar Muhammad (Innovation Academy)

2. Faizaan Hyath (Al Falah Academy)

3. Yunus Kounkourou (ILM Academy)

4. Haamid Bakhoum (Central Gwinnett High School)

5. Kareem Hassan (Lakeside High School)

Quran Recitation - Sisters

1. Tuqa Yacoub (Al Falah Academy)

2. Salma Sarhan (ILM Academy)

3. Huda Majd (Al Falah Academy)

4. Deena Alanabtawi (Al Falah Academy)

5. Saima Ahmed (Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology)

CATEGORY II: ARTS

Graphic Design

1. Sameer Mahmood (Chattahoochee High School)

2. Harris Ibrahim (Cambridge High School)

Culinary Arts (Does not qualify for MIST Nationals)

1. Jude Albasheer (Lakeside High School)

2. Aleena Noor (Denmark High School)

3. Ibraheem Hassan (Lakeside High School)

2D Art

1. Mariam Robins (Penn Foster)

2. Diyanah Jilani (Collins Hill High School)

3. Hajar Williams (Greenbrier High School)

4. Abdalla Ben Omran (Lakeside High School)

5. Huda Ahmed (West Forsyth High School)

3D Art

1. Ayaan Ahmad (Brookwood High School)

2. Meriam Kaddour (Lakeside High School)

3. Ammara Waqas (Greenbrier High School)

Photography

1. Alya Akhtar (Lakeside High School)

2. Huzaifa Cheema (Lakeside High School)

3. Asad Akhtar (Lakeside High School)

4. Hajar Moukhlis (Kell High School)

5. Amira Abdullah (Hillgrove High School)

Fashion Design

1. Armin Hajdarevic (Al Falah Academy)

2. Aram Younis (North Oconee High School)

CATEGORY III: WRITING & ORATORY

Extemporaneous Speaking

1. Zain Ghazanfar (Alpharetta High School)

2. Aminah Muhammad (Peachtree Ridge High School)

3. Hammad Mohammed (Innovation Academy)

4. Kareem Hassan (Lakeside High School)

5. Soufian Carson (Parkview High School)

Creative Writing

1. Sameer Mahmood (Chattahoochee High School)

2. Mahreen Chowdhury (Al Falah Academy)

3. Diyanah Jilani (Collins Hill High School)

4. Ahmad Tauha (Innovation Academy)

5. Sameen Rizvi (North Oconee High School)

Spoken Word

1. Afrah Tawaalai (Denmark High School)

2. Shaheer Ul-Islam (ILM Academy)

3. Sarah Umar (Cambridge High School)

4. Aminah Hassan (Al Falah Academy)

Original Oratory

1. Daniel Tadkod (Collins Hill High School)

2. Arshan R (Peachtree Ridge High School)

3. Jude Albasheer (Lakeside High School)

4. Abdul-Rafay Ahmed (West Forsyth High School)

CATEGORY IV: BRACKETS

Debate

1. Kareem Hassan (Lakeside High School)

2. Arshan R (Peachtree Ridge High School)

3. Salma Sarhan (ILM Academy)

4. Yusof Tomeh (Al Falah Academy)

5. Reem Al-Baghdadi (Al Falah Academy)

Math Olympics

1. Abdul-Kareem Aliu (Milton High School)

2. Abdalla Ben Omran (Lakeside High School)

3. Zain Ghazanfar (Alpharetta High School)

4. Mayssam Mazlout (Northview High School)

5. Rida Hoque (Norcross High School)

MIST Quiz Bowl

1. Zahin Hoque, Khizar Junaid, Faiqua Anwar (Denmark High School)

2. Hadi Mian, Elias Popal, Huzaifa Cheema, Ibraheem Hassan (Lakeside High School)

3. Mafaaz Siddiqui (Milton High School), Maryam Shah (Northview High School), Jafar Hashim (Johns Creek High School)

4. Aroush Malik, Ammaar Muhammad, Sana Fatima, Ahsan Zulfiqar, Zara Qureshi (Innovation Academy)

5. Ayishetu Johnson, Humza Mansuri, Laamiah Mansuri, Halimah Johnson, Hariz Mansuri (Kennesaw Mountain High School)

Improv - Brothers

1. Omar Abou, Ussef ElAwady, Saad Ullah , Yousuf Abo-Elhamd, Abdel Ali (Lakeside High School)

2. Soufian Carson, Abir Chowdhury , Faiyaz Hoque, Kamrul Tarafder, Ahnaf Tazwar (Parkview High School)

3. Talhah Khan, Razeen Zaman, Sami Awad, Dany Noseibeh, Aarib Ahmad Siddiqui, Zayn Ullah (Alpharetta High School)

4. Maaz Kharbe, Muzammil Mohammed, Hashim Syed, Ibrahim Kalim, Azzaam Baig (Denmark High School)

5. Faaris Moiz (Milton High School), Hammad Mohammed, Safa Kadhim (Innovation Academy), Barry Mohammed (Meadowcreek High School)

CATEGORY V: GROUP PROJECTS

Business Venture

1. Zahin Hoque, Aleena Noor, Khizar Junaid, Azzaam Baig, Faiqua Anwar (Denmark High School)

2. Huda Majd, Tuqa Yacoub, Deena Alanabtawi (Al Falah Academy)

3. Lina Ahmed, Hammad Mohammed, Ahsan Zulfiqar, Zara Qureshi (Innovation Academy)

4. Hadi Mian, Omar Abou, Elias Popal (Lakeside High School)

5. Huda Ahmed (West Forsyth High School)

Brother’s Nasheed

1. Daniel Tadkod (Collins Hill High School)

Sister’s Nasheed

1. Sebah Kemal, Amina Abubaker, Hala Majd (Al Falah Academy)

Science Fair

1. Omair Qureshi (Denmark High School)

2. Ayoub Carson, Saima Ahmed (Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology)

3. Zaara Syeda, Zaina Syeda (Alliance Academy for Innovation)

Short Film

1. Jude Albasheer, Abdalla Ben Omran, Yousuf Abo-Elhamd, Abdel Ali (Lakeside High School)

2. Soufian Carson, Abir Chowdhury, Faiyaz Hoque, Ahnaf Tazwar (Parkview High School)

3. Mahreen Chowdhury (Al Falah Academy)

4. Maaz Kharbe, Ibrahim Kalim, Haroon Khader, Zaid Baloch (Denmark High School)

CATEGORY VI: SPORTS

Brother’s Basketball

1. Adam Atamna (Greenbrier High School), Hasan Holmes, Ibrahim Holmes (Burke County High School) Omar Abou, Humaid Hoda, Saad Ullah, Ibraheem Hassan, Abdel Ali (Lakeside High School), Sameer Adeel (Al Falah Academy), Aadam Abdul-Kareem (Georgia Connections Academy)

2. Taha Zia (West Forsyth High School), Hadi Syed (Lambert High School), Tahir Samba (Discovery High School), Owais Mohammed (Centennial High School), Mustafa Lodhi (Cambridge High School), Muzammil Mohammed, Khizar Junaid, Hashim Syed, Haroon Khader, Azzaam Baig (Denmark High School)

3. Ayoub Carson (Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology), Soufian Carson, Abir Chowdhury , Faiyaz Hoque, Kamrul Tarafder (Parkview High School), Nabil Samba (Discovery High School), Haamid Bakhoum (Central Gwinnett High School), Abdurrahman Khan (Acellus Academy), Barry Mohammed, Tawfeeq Hoque (Meadowcreek High School)

Brother’s Soccer (Does not qualify for MIST Nationals)

1. Abdul-Rafay Ahmed (West Forsyth High School), Talhah Khan, Ayaan Shekhani, Aarib Ahmad Siddiqui (Alpharetta High School), Huzaifa Cheema (Lakeside High School), Sameer Mahmood (Chattahoochee High School), Muhammad ali Durrani, Basheeruddin Sheikh, Omair Qureshi, Ibrahim Kalim, Zaid Baloch (Denmark High School)

2. Nabhan Sophie, Kasim Rizvi, Basim Balkhi, Sammy Churbaji (ILM Academy), Faaris Moiz, Abdul-Kareem Aliu (Milton High School), Hammad Mohammed, Ahmad Tauha (Innovation Academy)

3. Abdulmalek Hassan, Ayoob Ibrahim, Muhammad Alanabtawi, Yusof Tomeh, Faizaan Hyath, Imran Mukhtar (Al Falah Academy)

Sister’s Soccer (Does not qualify for MIST Nationals)

1. Layan Elmor, Ammara Waqas, Hajar Williams, Danyah Ahmed (Greenbrier High School), Jude Albasheer, Meriam Kaddour, Nayaab Sanjish, Lara Ibrahim, Hira Sanjish (Lakeside High School)

CATEGORY VII: eSPORTS

Super Smash Bros (Does not qualify for MIST Nationals)

1. Hasan Holmes (Burke County High School)

2. Kareem Hassan (Lakeside High School)

3. Sameer Mahmood (Chattahoochee High School)