2017 National Champions
ART
2D ART
1. Fatima Wasi (Washtenaw International High School, Detroit)
2. Zaina Khader (Universal Academy of Florida, Florida)
3. 4. Reem Abdelhaleem (Holy Name of Mary Secondary School, Toronto)
4. Nael Ahmed (Benjamin N. Cardozo High School, New York)
3D ART
1. Helal Chowdhury (Brooklyn Technical High School, New York)
2. Nadia Roghani (Muslim Community School, DC)
3. Natasha Chowdhury (Marple Newtown High School, Philadelphia)
4. Safiyyah Kausar (Universal Academy of Florida, Florida)
PHOTOGRAPY
1. Maha Almatari (New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math High School, New York)
2. Vi Huynh (Gateway High School, Florida)
3. Zainab Torrence (Clear Horizons Early College High School, Houston)
4. Shamis Hired (Eleanor Roosevelt High School, DC)
FASHION DESIGN
1. Sarah Gafur (Townsend Harris High School, New York)
2. Keltoum Laghjibi (South Lakes High School, DC)
3. Nabeela Naeem (Austin Peace Academy, Houston)
4. Maheem Syed (International Academy-East Campus, Detroit)
GRAPHIC DESIGN
1. Sally Chen (Stuyvesant High School, New York)
2. Khanan Chaudhry (Bolingbrook High School, Chicago)
3. Rumyah Rafique (International Academy-East Campus, Detroit)
4. Laylah Jones (Commonwealth Connections Academy, Philadelphia)
KNOWLEDGE AND QURAN
TEST ONE
1. Sonia Hafeez (Stuyvesant High School, New York)
2. Tabassum Bhuiyan (Brooklyn Technical High School, New York)
3. Emaan Khan (Austin Peace Academy, Houston)
4. Rayyan Latif (Washtenaw International High School, Detroit)
TEST TWO
1. Sarah Ahmad (College Preparatory School of America, Chicago)
2. Muhammad Dutt (Sayreville War Memorial High School, New Jersey)
3. Salwa Najmi (Al-Noor School, New York)
4. Zeenat Malik (Western Tech High School, DC)
TEST THREE
1, Fatima Irfan (Stuyvesant High School, New York)
2. Pahema Popi (Al-Noor School, New York)
3. Fatimah Hossain (Austin Peace Academy, Houston)
4. Fatima Idrees (Harrison High School, Detroit)
TEST FOUR
1. Samaa El-Kolalli (Universal Academy of Florida, Florida)
2. Maanal Chowdhury (The Brooklyn Latin School, New York)
3. Zubair Malik (Western Tech High School, DC)
4. Sameeha Jafri (John Fraser Secondary School, Toronto)
BOYS QURAN MEMORIZATION LEVEL 1
1. Hamza Talbi (Al- Rahmah School, DC)
2. Yasin Adam (Universal Academy of Florida, Florida)
3. Omar Elmekabbati (American Youth Academy, Florida)
4. Abdullah Ansari (Alpharetta High School, Atlanta)
GIRLS QURAN MEMORIZATION LEVEL 1
1. Waliyah Khan (Ikhlas Learning Foundation, Houston)
2. Abrar Ghazy (Strongsville High School, Columbus)
3. Hana Khan (Bayaan Academy, Florida)
4. Fatima Ahmad (Al Falah Academy, Atlanta)
BOYS QURAN MEMORIZATION LEVEL 2
1. Nael Ahmed (Benjamin N. Cardozo High School, New York)
2. Ammar Muhammad (South Lakes High School, DC)
3. Rasheed Daher (Universal Academy of Florida, Florida)
4. Mohammad Alibraheem (Metro Early College High School, Columbus)
GIRLS QURAN MEMORIZATION LEVEL 2
1. Rabiyah Sohail (Fountain Valley High School, Irvine)
2. Aqsa Kanwal (Washtenaw International High School, Detroit)
3. Nadia Roghani (Muslim Community School, DC)
4. Seida Agani (Home School, New York)
BOYS QURAN MEMORIZATION LEVEL 3
1. Mustafa Mian (Crescent School, New York)
2. Aimon Islam (Al Ikhlas Training Academy. Detroit)
3. Omar Sanhaji (Garden of the Sahaba Academy, Florida)
4. Mohamed Gehan (Fountain Valley High School, Irvine)
GIRLS QURAN MEMORIZATION LEVEL 3
1. Menattalla Attia (New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math High School, New York)
2. Tasneem Wahid (Milton High School, Atlanta)
3. Tala Allababidi (Wharton High School, Florida)
4. Maryam Tori (Al- Rahmah School, DC)
BOYS QURAN MEMORIZATION LEVEL 4
1. Hamzah Fahzy (Ikhlas Learning Foundation, Houston)
2. Bilal Siddiqui (Jericho High School, New York)
3. Ammaar Mohammed (Bayaan Academy, Florida)
4. Muhammad Usman (Crescent School, New York)
GIRLS QURAN MEMORIZATION LEVEL 4
1. Zena Omer (Tampa Bay Technical High School, Florida)
2. Maryam Latif (Hifz Academy, Florida)
3. Maryam Ahmad (College Preparatory School of America, Chicago)
4. Verdah Siddiqi (Stuyvesant High School, New York)
WRITING AND ORATORY
PREPARED ESSAY
1. Maheen Akter (Monarch Park Collegiate Institute, Toronto)
2. Nadia Roghani (Muslim Community School, DC)
3. Dina Krijestorac (Garden of the Sahaba Academy, Florida)
4. Varisha Masroor (Austin Peace Academy, Houston)
EXTEMPORANEOUS ESSAY
1. Adil Hussaini (Glenbard East High School, Chicago)
2. Shameen Abubakar (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
3. Jude Bayyat (Universal Academy of Florida, Florida)
4. Iman Sattar (Hilliard Davidson High School, Columbus)
ORIGINAL ORATORY
1. Aronno Shafi (Stuyvesant High School, New York)
2. Libah Farooqi (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
3. Siham Azom (Al Ikhlas Training Academy, Detroit)
4. Sangida Akter (Townsend Harris High School, New York)
EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING
1. Rayhan Murad (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
2. Daanyal Farooqi (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
3 Aly Soltan (Toledo Islamic Academy, Columbus)
4. Muaaz Wajahath (Washtenaw International High School, Detroit)
SHORT FICTIONAL STORY
1. Maryam Durrani (Herndon High School, DC)
2. Arwa Khan (Fountain Valley High School, Irvine)
3. Sabrena Khan (Masjid Darul Quran Academy, New York)
4. Ekram Sakhta (Brookline High School, Boston)
POETRY LITERATURE
1. Afeefah Anwar (Townsend Harris High School, New York)
2. Farah Elnahal (Toledo Islamic Academy, Columbus)
3. Masheil Mir (Middlefield Collegiate Institute, Toronto)
4. Noor Younis (Klein Oak High School, Houston)
POETRY SPOKEN WORD
1. Elsie Abang (Mississauga Secondary School, Toronto)
2. Khadega Mohammed (Plymouth Canton Educational Park, Detroit)
3. Jinan Abufarha (West Bloomfield High School, Detroit)
4. Mohamad Harraka (Universal Academy of Florida, Florida)
BRACKETS
MATH OLYMPICS
1. Mohammed Rashid (Bridgewater-Raritan High School, New Jersey)
2. Yaman Qalieh (International Academy Central, Detroit)
3. Frank Fu (John Fraser Secondary School, Toronto)
4. Ali Ittayem (A.D. Henderson University School, Florida)
MIST BOWL
1. Turner Fenton Secondary School and Middlefield Collegiate Institute (Toronto)
2. Stuyvesant High School (New York)
3. Glenbard East High School (Chicago)
4. Crescent School and Brooklyn Technical High School (New York)
DEBATE
1. Ridge High School (New Jersey)
2. Athens High School(Detroit)
3. James Clemens High School (Nashville)
4. Hilliard Darby High School and Hilliard Davidson High School (Columbus)
BOYS IMPROV
1. Brooklyn Technical High School (New York)
2. Muslim Youth of Atlanta Homeschool and Alpharetta High School (Atlanta)
3. Washtenaw International High School (Detroit)
4. Universal Academy of Florida and Wharton High School (Florida)
GIRLS IMPROV
1. Middlefield Collegiate Institute (Toronto)
2. Austin Peace Academy (Houston)
3. Monroe Township High School and South Brunswick High School (New Jersey)
4 Washtenaw International High School and Plymouth Canton Educational Park (Detroit)
GROUP PROJECTS
BOYS NASHEED/RAP
1. Mufasa & Naim Homeschool (DC)
2. Brooklyn Technical High School (New York)
3. Muslim Youth of Atlanta Homeschool (Atlanta)*
4. Wharton High School (Florida)
GIRLS NASHEED/RAP
1. Queens High School for the Sciences at York College (New York)*
2. Universal Academy of Florida (Florida)*
3. Middlefield Collegiate Institute (Toronto)
4. Fountain Valley High School (Irvine)
SHORT FILM
1. Al-Qalam Academy (DC)
2. Oakton High School (DC)
3. American Youth Academy (Florida)
4. Gateway High School (Florida)
SCIENCE FAIR
1. Muslim Community School (DC)
2. Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (Atlanta)
3. Ward Melville High School (New York)
4. Brookline High School (Boston)
SOCIAL MEDIA
1. Townsend Harris High School (New York)
2. Stuyvesant High School (New York)
3. North Gwinnett High School (Atlanta)
4. Austin Peace Academy (Houston)
BUSINESS VENTURE
1. Universal Academy of Florida (Florida)
2. Stuyvesant High School (New York)
3. Middlefield Collegiate Institute (Toronto)
4. Washtenaw International High School and Plymouth Canton Educational Park (Detroit)
COMMUNITY SERVICE
1. Stuyvesant High School (New York)
2. Austin Peace Academy (Houston)
3. Eleanor Roosevelt High School (DC)
4. Brooklyn Technical High School (New York)
SPORTS
BOYS BASKETBALL
1. Carl Sandburg High School (Chicago)
2. Milford Mill Academy / Western Tech High School / Eastern Tech / SCD Home School (DC)
3. Fountain Valley High School (Irvine)
4. Universal Academy of Florida (Florida)
GIRLS BASKETBALL
1. Hilliard Davidson High School and Strongsville High (Columbus)
2. Plymouth Canton Educational Park and Washtenaw International High School (Detroit)
3. Al- Rahmah School and Western High School (DC)
4. Commonwealth Connections Academy / Agora Cyber Charter School / Kipp Dubois Collegiate Academy / Central High School / North Penn High School / Upper Darby High School (Philadelphia)
OVERALL RANKINGS
INDIVIDUAL
1. Nadia Roghani (Muslim Community School, DC)
2. Elsie Abang (Mississauga Secondary School, Toronto)
3 . Rayhan Murad (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
TEAMS
1. Stuyvesant High School (New York)
2. Universal Academy of Florida (Florida)
3. Ridge High School (New Jersey)
REGIONS
1. DC
2. New York
3. Florida
* The incorrect winner was announced at the Award Ceremony. We sincerely apologize for the mistake – the rankings listed above are the correct rankings.