MIST 2023 Winners  

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Overall Team

#1 Al Falah Academy (Lilburn, GA) 

#2 ILM Academy (Roswell, GA)

#3 Innovation Academy (Alpharetta, GA)

Overall Individual

#1 Hala Majd (Al Falah Academy)

#2 Zahid Cole (MYA - Muslim Youth of Atlanta Homeschool)

#3 Zara  Qureshi  (Innovation Academy)

CATEGORY I: KNOWLEDGE & QURAN

Knowledge Test 1

#1 Armin Hajdarevic (Paul Duke STEM High School)

#2 Eamanda Mohammed (Brookwood High School) 

#3 Haroon Khader (Denmark High School) 

#4 Aayan Mukul (Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology) 

#5 Huzaifa Cheema (Lakeside High School)


Knowledge Test 2

#1 Mohammed Negash  (Milton High School)

#2 Rayah Sophie (ILM Academy)

#3 Nafisa  Mayeesha (Harrison High School)

#4 Asim Yoonas (Peachtree Ridge High School)

#5 Hamda Tahfeem (Alliance Academy for Innovation)

#6 Muhammad  Arman  (Innovation Academy 


Knowledge Test 3

#1 Sohaib Samad (Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology)

#2 Abdul-Rafay Ahmed (West Forsyth High School)

#3 Taqiyah Anam (Alliance Academy for Innovation)

#4 Saniya  Khader  (Denmark High School) 

#5 Hammad Mohammed (Innovation Academy)


Quran Memorization - Level 1 - Male

#1 Fikry Fahmy (ILM Academy)

#2 Kareem Ahmad (ILM Academy)

#3 Affan Husain (WCIC HOMESCHOOL) 

#4 Mohsin Zulfiqar (Innovation Academy)

#5 Sultan  Khan  (WCIC HOMESCHOOL)


Quran Memorization - Level 1 - Female

#1 hala Majd (Al Falah Academy)

#2 Amina Abubaker (Al Falah Academy)

#3 Nabiha Khan (WCIC HOMESCHOOL)

#4 Eiliyah  Denir (Paul Duke STEM High School)

#5 Samia Saeed (Centennial High School)


Quran Memorization - Level 2 - Male

#1 Ahmad Tauha (Innovation Academy)

#2 Humza Mansuri (WCIC HOMESCHOOL)

#3 Ahmed Sherif (ILM Academy)

#4 Talal Ashraf (Milton High School)

#5 MOHAMMAD HISHAM AMAN (West Forsyth HS)


Quran Memorization - Level 2 - Female

#1 Rida Hoque (Norcross High School)

#2 Farha Sajid (Midtown High School)

#3 Zaina Chrak (WCIC HOMESCHOOL)

#4 Daniya Ghazanfar (Alpharetta High School)

#5 Fauziyah Patwa (Al Falah Academy)



Quran Memorization - Level 3 - Male

#1 Musabb Nizami (Innovation Academy)

#2 Hariz  Mansuri  (Kennesaw Mountain High School)

#3 Ammaar Muhammad (Innovation Academy)

#4 Mohamed  Mohamed (W. D. Mohammed High School)

#5 Owais  Anwar (Milton High School)


Quran Memorization - Level 3 - Female

#1 Sara Jaweed (Cambridge High School)

#2 Maryam Kodvavi (Innovation Academy)

#3 Aya Jilalu (Paul Duke STEM High School)


Quran Memorization - Level 4 - Male

#1 Ismail  Ali (MYA - Muslim Youth of Atlanta Homeschool)

#2 Ahsan Zulfiqar (Innovation Academy)

#3 Zain  Ghazanfar (Alpharetta High School)


Quran Memorization - Level 4 - Female

#1 Simra Baig (Alpharetta High School)

#2 Zara  Qureshi  (Innovation Academy)


Quran Recitation - Male

#1 Yunus Kounkourou (ILM Academy)

#2 Nuraaz Qadri (Innovation Academy)

#3 Zahid Cole (MYA - Muslim Youth of Atlanta Homeschool)

#4 Haamid  Bakhoum (Central Gwinnett High School)

#5 Raian Reza (Georgia Connections Academy)


Quran Recitation - Female

#1 Maryam Wadood (Paul Duke STEM High School)

#2 Yaasmeen Bruce (Al Falah Academy)

#3 Mariam Darb (Midtown High School)

#4 Salma Sarhan (ILM Academy)

#5 Saleema Manzoor (Al Falah Academy)


CATEGORY II: ARTS

2D Art

#1 Rania Babar (Lakeside High School)

#2 Muniba Anwar (Cambridge High School)

#3 Sayeda  Khpulwak  (Midtown High School)

#4 Farha Sajid (Midtown High School)

#5 Zara  Qureshi  (Innovation Academy)



3D Art

#1 Yusra Yoonas (Peachtree Ridge High School)

#2 Mariann Marmal (Lakeside High School)

#3 Sameeha Sameeha (Al Falah Academy)

#4 Nia  Salman (Brookwood High School)

#5 Ayaan Ahmad (Brookwood High School)



Fashion Design

#1 Leena Rizvi (ILM Academy)

#2 Alaa Joubair (Al Falah Academy)

#3 Rahma Ahmad (W. D. Mohammed High School)

#4 Dalia Charkaoui (Chattahoochee High School)

#5 Ruqayyah Law (W. D. Mohammed High School)


Digital Art

#1 Talal Ashraf (Milton High School)

#2 Muhamed Shallouf (ILM Academy)

#3 Aairah Bhatti (Al Falah Academy)

#4 Maryam Wadood (Paul Duke STEM High School)

#5 Nabhan Sophie (ILM Academy)


Photography

#1 Ella Maksumic (Al Falah Academy)

#2 Omar Saleh (Al Falah Academy) 

#3 Ali  Shehzad (ILM Academy)

#4 Afaf Khurram  (Milton High School)

#5 Kasim Rizvi (ILM Academy)



Culinary Arts

#1 Daniya Ghazanfar (Alpharetta High School) 

#2 Saleema Manzoor (Al Falah Academy)

#3 sara salman (Brookwood High School)

#4 Zaid Razak (Lakeside High School) 

#5 Aleena Noor (Denmark High School) 


CATEGORY III: WRITING & ORATORY

Extemporaneous Speaking

#1 Omar Awad (Al Falah Academy)

#2 Faareha Shaikh (Alpharetta High School )

#3 Sohaib Samad (Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology)

#4 Nabiha Khan (WCIC HOMESCHOOL) 

#5 Saleema Manzoor (Al Falah Academy)



Original Oratory

#1 Zahid Cole (MYA - Muslim Youth of Atlanta Homeschool) 

#2 Daniel  Tadkod (Collins Hill High School) 

#3 Arshan R (Peachtree Ridge High School) 

#4 Sayeda  Khpulwak  (Midtown High School) 

#5 Hania Irfan (Fulton Virtual Academy of Excellence ) 

Spoken Word

#1 Khadijah Tahir (MYA - Muslim Youth of Atlanta Homeschool) 

#2 hala Majd (Al Falah Academy) 

#3 Nailah  Muhammad (Al Falah Academy)

#4 Shaheer Ul-Islam (ILM Academy)

#5 Attiyah  Crawford (Georgia Cyber Academy) 

Extemporaneous Essay

#1 Amina Hussain (Hillgrove High School) 

#2 Zayn Ullah (Alpharetta High School)

#3 Reeha Rahman (Denmark High School)

#4 Mafaaz Siddiqui (Milton High School)

#5 Rida Hoque (Norcross High School) 

Poetry

#1 Aayan Mukul (Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology) 

#2 Fauziyah Patwa (Al Falah Academy)

#3 Hammad Mohammed (Innovation Academy)

#4 Zakiyyah Esa (W. D. Mohammed High School) 

#5 Muniba Anwar (Cambridge High School) 

Prepared Essay

#1 Ahmed Sherif (ILM Academy)

#2 Zakiyyah Seals (W. D. Mohammed High School)

#3 Rukiya Stamp (W. D. Mohammed High School)

#4 Aairah Bhatti (Al Falah Academy)

#5 Nameer Sadiq (Johns Creek High School)

Short Fiction

#1 Ella Maksumic (Al Falah Academy) 

#2 Hidaya Gafurova (Shiloh High School)

#3 Farheen Sarker (ILM Academy (Roswell, GA))

#4 Samiha Hossain (Campbell High School) 

#5 Dania Abugaballa (Lakeside High School) 

CATEGORY IV: BRACKETS

MIST Quiz Bowl

#1 Innovation Academy 

#2 Paul Duke STEM High School 

#3 Lakeside High School

#4 Al Falah Academy 

#5  Alliance Academy for Innovation 

Debate

#1  Innovation Academy 

#2  Lakeside High School 

#3 ILM Academy

#4 Alpharetta High School X Walton HS

#5 McClure Health Science High School X Norcross HS

Math Olympics

#1 Saleema Manzoor (Al Falah Academy) 

#2 Sana Fatima (Innovation Academy) 

#3 Zain  Ghazanfar (Alpharetta High School)

#4 Abdalla Ben Omran (Lakeside High School)

#5 Aqil Afsar (Paul Duke STEM High School)

Improv - Male

#1 MYA - Muslim Youth of Atlanta Homeschool

#2 W. D. Mohammed High School

#3 Lakeside High School 

#4 Collins Hill High School 

#5 Alpharetta High School 

Improv - Female

#1  Al Falah Academy 

#2  Greenbrier High School 

#3  W. D. Mohammed High School 

#4  Lakeside High School

#5  Collins Hill High School

CATEGORY V: GROUP PROJECTS

Business Venture

#1  Innovation Academy

#2  West Forsyth High School 

#3  Denmark High School

#4  Alpharetta High School 

#5  ILM Academy


Nasheed/Rap - Male

#1 MYA - Muslim Youth of Atlanta Homeschool

#2 WCIC HOMESCHOOL

#3 Burke County High School

#4 Denmark High School 

Nasheed/Rap - Female

#1  MYA - Muslim Youth of Atlanta Homeschool

#2  Kennesaw Mountain High School 

#3  Al Falah Academy

#4  W. D. Mohammed High School

#5  Collins Hill High School


Science Fair

#1  Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology

#2  ILM Academy

#3  Lakeside High School 

#4  Innovation Academy

#5  Milton High School


Short Film

#1 ILM Academy 

#2 MYA - Muslim Youth of Atlanta Homeschool

#3 Lakeside High School 

#4 Al Falah Academy 

#5 WCIC HOMESCHOOL



Social Media

#1  Innovation Academy 

#2  ILM Academy

#3  Peachtree Ridge High School 

#4  W. D. Mohammed High School 

#5  Al Falah Academy


Humanitarian Service 

#1  ILM Academy

#2  Innovation Academy 


CATEGORY VI: SPORTS

Brother’s Basketball

#1 W. D. Mohammed High School

#2 Youth Of Lilburn

#3 MYA - Muslim Youth of Atlanta Homeschool

Sister’s Basketball
#1 W. D. Mohammed High School

#2 Alpharetta X Cambridge X FAVE X Al Falah

#3 Peachtree Ridge High School

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

#1 Alpharetta High School 

#1 Wilton 

#1 Encore

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

#1 Al Falah Academy 

#2 Team Augusta Muslims X Lakeside

#3 Brookwood High School

CATEGORY VII: eSPORTS

Super Smash Bros (Does not qualify for MIST Nationals)

#1 Abdalla Ben Omran (Lakeside High School) 

#2 Hamza Mahmud (ILM Academy)

#3 Rafik Astwani (Innovation Academy)

FIFA (Does not qualify for MIST Nationals)

#1 Sharif Nabulsi (Northview High School)

#2 Adam Atamna (Greenbrier High School)

#3 Mohamed Ahmed (Greenbrier High School)