MIST New Jersey 2023

In 2023, we presented The Weight of Power: Ruling the Self to Serve Others

Here's what you did.

The Winners

We would like to congratulate the TOP 5 winners in every competition! We’re so proud of your hard work and dedication. Top 5 winners of all competitions (aside from pilot competitions demarcated with a **) qualify to compete at the Nationals tournament in the summer!

MIST NATIONALS:
August 4th - 6th, 2023
Duke University, Durham NC

Category I: Knowledge and Quran

Knowledge Test 1

1. Alisha Noor Chaudhry, Noor-Ul-Iman School

2. Inayah Ahmad, Noor-Ul-Iman School

3. Afnan Arif, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South

4. Ambereen Fatima, Noor-Ul-Iman School

5. Aasiya Syed, South Brunswick High School

Knowledge Test 2

1. Raahim Hashmi, Piscataway High School

2. Mariam Khan, Ridge High School (Al-Falah)

3. Hani Farooqi, Noor-Ul-Iman School

4. Aliya Khan, Bergen County Academies

5. Iffra Mehek Pathan, J.P. Stevens High School

Knowledge Test 3

1. Samreen Ijaz, Old Bridge High School

2. Zainab Chaudhry, Noor-Ul-Iman School

3. Amani Siddiqui, Noor-Ul-Iman School

4. Musfira Mohamed, John F. Kennedy High School

5. Ayesha Najimi, Noor-Ul-Iman School

Quran Memorization - Level 1 - Male

1. Tariq Fahumy, Noor-Ul-Iman School

2. Ismail Elgendi, South Brunswick High School

Quran Memorization - Level 1 - Female

1. Dana Mohareb, Bridgewater-Raritan High School (Al-Falah)

2. Sana Fahmy, Noble Leadership Academy

3. Hanna Hassan, Academy of Greatness and Excellence

4. Sarah Amin, Old Bridge High School

5. Samia Naveed, Sayreville War Memorial High School

Quran Memorization - Level 2 - Male

1. Ameen Mohamed, Noor Ul-Iman School

2. Nabeel Mohammad, Sayreville War Memorial High School

3. Hamza Lababidi, Holmdel High School (WWP)

Quran Memorization - Level 2 - Female

1. Fariah Baig, Sayreville War Memorial High School

2. Noor Elsherbini, South Brunswick High School

3. Afsa Aquil, Sayreville War Memorial High School

Quran Memorization - Level 3 - Female

1. Rida Hashmi, Piscataway High School

2. Hooriya Bagasra, Bergen County Academies

3. Laaiba Khan, Old Bridge High School

4. Ruqiyyah Shaikh, Piscataway High School

5. Haniyah Mahmood, Sayreville War Memorial High School

Quran Memorization - Level 4 - Male

1. Abdullah Syed, Noor-Ul-Iman School

2. Ibrahim Alnadi, Noor-Ul-Iman School

Quran Memorization - Level 4 - Female

1. Hajar Lababidi, Holmdel High School (WWP)

2. Jana Alnadi, Noor-Ul-Iman School

Quran Recitation - Male

1. Zejd Shehu, Academy of Greatness and Excellence

2. Ibrahim Syed, Piscataway High School

3. Riham Chowdhury, Noor-Ul-Iman School

4. Ajhar Hussain, Noble Leadership Academy

5. Yusuf Sayed, Noor-Ul-Iman School

Quran Recitation - Female

1. Fatima Catovic, MCSC (MontyBoro)

2. Safya El-Dessouky, East Brunswick High School

3. Maryam Elfeky, South Brunswick High School

4. Sofiyah Ameen, South Brunswick High School

5. Juwayriya Ameen, South Brunswick High School

Category II: Arts

2D Art

1. Anisa Ismail, Sayreville War Memorial High School

2. MD Sahib, Sayreville War Memorial High School

3. Rumaysah Florival, Pillars Preparatory Academy

4. Tasneem Abbassi, Noble Leadership Academy

5. Aisha Awad, Piscataway High School

3D Art

1. Rahaf Salman, Academy of Greatness and Excellence

2. Sarah Zunaed, South Brunswick High School

3. Areen Asad, Noor-Ul-Iman School

4. Mariam Khan, Old Bridge High School

5. Becker Kotob, Millburn High School (Al-Falah)

Fashion Design

1. Inaaya Shakir, Noor-Ul-Iman School

2. Safa Hashmi, Old Bridge High School

3. Sabreen Elgamal, Pillars Preparatory Academy

4. Soha Khan, South Brunswick High School

5. Aminah Memon, Piscataway High School

Digital Art

1. Nabilah Jaulikar, South Brunswick High School

2. Rayhana Choudhury, Noble Leadership Academy

3. Afraz Amin, Bridgewater-Raritan High School (Al-Falah)

4. Maryam Khan, Noor-Ul-Iman School

5. Ambereen Fatima, Noor-Ul-Iman School

Photography

1. Ruqiyyah Shaikh, Piscataway High School

2. Hajar Lababidi, Holmdel High School (WWP)

3. Muhammad Thange, Noor-Ul-Iman School

4. Laiba Lakhani, South Brunswick High School

5. Musfira Mohamed, John F. Kennedy High School

**Culinary Arts**

1. Mayeda Spall, Pillars Preparatory Academy

2. Hafsah Rather, Pillars Preparatory Academy

3. Insiya Chitalwala, Piscataway High School

4. Alina Murad, Union County VoTech School (Al-Falah)

5. Hamda Ibrahim, Sayreville War Memorial High School

**Scrapbook**

1. Sara Rafique, Sayreville War Memorial High School

2. Haleema Khan, Sayreville War Memorial High School

3. Zainab Chaudhry, Noor-Ul-Iman School

4. Wadia Azeem, Old Bridge High School

5. Noora Usman, Piscataway High School

**Extemporaneous Drawing**

1. Bilal Minhas, Pascack Hills High School

2. Sami Amtout, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South

3. Nazifa Naveed, Sayreville War Memorial High School

4. Hanna Khadr, Holmdel High School (WWP)

5. Juwayriya Ameen, South Brunswick High School

Category III: Writing and Oratory

Extemporaneous Essay

1. Safa Rahman, South Brunswick High School

2. Sarah Zunaed, South Brunswick High School

3. Samiha Ahmed, Noor-Ul-Iman School

4. Mariam Khan, Ridge High School

5. Rida Siddiqua, Noor-Ul-Iman School

Extemporaneous Speaking

1. Raahim Hashmi, Piscataway High School

2. Izza Mudassir, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South

3. Rania Fquihi, East Brunswick High School

4. Ayah Abbassi, Pillars Preparatory Academy

5. Ruqiyyah Shaikh, Piscataway High School

Original Oratory

1. Layla Mansour, Noor-Ul-Iman School

Poetry

1. Aisha Awad, Piscataway High School

2. Dina Bashir, South Amboy Middle High School (SWMHS)

3. Safya El-Dessouky, East Brunswick High School

4. Musfira Mohamed, John F. Kennedy High School

5. Heba Baig, Noor-Ul-Iman School

Prepared Essay

1. Maleeha Noor Chaudhry, Noor-Ul-Iman School

2. Samreen Ijaz, Old Bridge High School

3. Ruba Shaikh, Hillsborough High School (MontyBoro)

4. Dawud Rana, South Brunswick High School

5. Atika Dutt, Sayreville War Memorial High School

Short Fiction

1. Hajar Lababidi, Holmdel High School

2. Anisa Ismail, Sayreville War Memorial High School

3. Sara Rafique, Sayreville War Memorial High School

4. Imaad Siddiqui, Noor-Ul-Iman School

5. Mariam Khan, Old Bridge High School

Spoken Word

1. Rayhana Choudhury, Noble Leadership Academy

2. Samirah Hussain, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South

3. Dima Al-Quzwini, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South

4. Haniyah Mahmood, Sayreville War Memorial High School

5. Amineh Zaiter, Noble Leadership Academy

Category IV: Brackets

Debate

1. Al-Falah Coalition (Ridge High School & Millburn High School)

Mariam Khan
Zain Jaffar

2. East Brunswick High School

Rania Fquihi

3. J.P. Stevens High School

Yaseen Zahir
Iffra Mehek Pathan

4. Sayreville War Memorial High School

Akmisha Ashfaq
Shaeel Jaffrey

5. Noble Leadership Academy

Ibrahim Qudah
Omer Aker

Math Olympics

1. Ahmed Abouelkhir, Old Bridge High School

2. Muhammad Yousuf, South Brunswick High School

3. Hiba Khan, Noor-Ul-Iman School

4. Afraz Amin, Bridgewater-Raritan High School (Al-Falah)

5. Sofian Bhuiyan, Noor-Ul-Iman School

MIST Quiz Bowl

1. Piscataway High School

Rida Hashmi
Ruqiyyah Shaikh
Ibrahim Syed
Aisha Mansoor
Raahim Hashmi

2. MCSC (MontyBoro)

Rija Azeem
Rida Reza
Fatima Catovic

3. Pillars Preparatory Academy

Nour Al Houda Choukrane
Mayeda Spall
Yesmean Bint Moslem Albassyouni
Rumaysah Florival
Ayah Abbassi
Sahla Shata

4. Sayreville War Memorial High School

Osman Alishah
Haniyah Mahmood
Anisa Ismail
Zaina Suha Ghani
Indrit Tula
Fariah Baig

5. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South

Nashwa Faruk
Samar Rahmani
Syed Arif
Harun Bilici
Dima Al-Quzwini

Improv - Male

1. Noor-Ul-Iman School

Yusuf Azeem
Omar Fazal
Nabeel Tariq
Yusuf Sayed
Tariq Fahumy
Taha Hagag

2. Sayreville War Memorial High School

Abubakar Shah
Safi Ullah
Adil Shahid
Usman Mohammed
Ayaan Mazhar
Nabeel Mohammad

3. South Brunswick High School

Kenz Mehaboob
Bilal Hashmi
Yusuf Khan
Aazam Ali
Mustafa Farooqui
Dawud Rana

4. Millburn High School, Piscataway High School, Noble Leadership Academy, & The Pingry School

Becker Kotob
Adam Assina
Ali Asghar
Mohammad Chughtai
Yusuf Seyam
Zayed Ali

5. Hillsborough High School

Zain Amanullah
Maaz Yasir
Khaled Alessaly
Ammar Yasir

Improv - Female

1. East Brunswick High School, J.P. Stevens High School, & Central Jersey College Prep

Haram Virk
Amna Mir
Fatima Shafique
Emaan Qadry
Amina Andha

2. Noble Leadership Academy

Tasneem Abbassi
Aminah Awawdeh
Dena Atyat
Melise Sever

3. Ridge High School

Sophi Ahmad
Myra Manji
Saleha Mustafa
Amal Hanafi

4. Old Bridge High School

Wadia Azeem
Sarah Amin
Mariam Khan
Safa Hashmi

5. Noor-Ul-Iman School

Maya Jaradat
Maryam Khan
Ambereen Fatima
Zeynep Kol
Fajr Elkhateeb
Jana Alnadi

Category V: Group Projects

Business Venture

*Note: Winners were announced in the incorrect order at 2023 Awards Ceremony, relevant parties have been contacted and the correct order is reflected below.

1. Union County VoTech School (Al-Falah)

Alina Murad

2. Old Bridge High School

Aqib Chaudary
Yusuf Shwket
Rohan Siddique
Milenko Miladinov

3. Academy of Greatness and Excellence

Alisha Ibrahim
Arshad Rentiya
Aaliya Ibrahim
Mohid Choudhry
Zejd Shehu
Yahia Abdelsalam

4. Sayreville War Memorial High School

Saif Humaidi
Safi Ullah
Masharib Imran
Usman Mohammed
Zaid Syed
Nabeel Mohammad

5. Piscataway High School

Ruqiyyah Shaikh

Humanitarian Service

1. Piscataway High School

Ammar Khan
Abdullah Afzal
Ibrahim Syed
Raahim Hashmi

2. Ridge High School (Al-Falah)

Ashalina Kassim

3. Sayreville War Memorial High School

Rayyan Aziz
Kainaat Irfan
Saman Ashfaq

4. South Brunswick High School

Noor Elsherbini

Nasheed/Rap - Male

1. Noor-Ul-Iman School

Yusuf Azeem
Riham Chowdhury
Muhsin Khan
Yusuf Sayed
Tariq Fahumy
Muhammad Thange
2. South Brunswick High School

Bilal Hashmi
Yusuf Chaudhry
Kenz Mehaboob
Mustafa Farooqui
Dawud Rana
Ahyan Pochi

3. Bridgewater-Raritan High School (Al-Falah)

Asher Faruqi
Daniyal Faruqi
Hamza Jaffar
Asad Jaffar
Musa Ahmad

Nasheed/Rap - Female

1. Ridge High School (Al-Falah)

Sophi Ahmad
Saleha Mustafa
Amal Hanafi

2. Pillars Preparatory Academy

Raihanna Qazi

3. Old Bridge High School

Safa Hashmi

4. Sayreville War Memorial High School

Akmisha Ashfaq
Aiza Siraj
Mishall Ikram
Sara Rafique

Science Fair

1. Piscataway High School

Azra Bano

2. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South

Syed Arif
Afnan Arif
Sami Amtout

3. Sayreville War Memorial High School

Talha Qureshi
Ali Selim
Abdullah Khan

4. Old Bridge High School

Iqra Shahzad
Ayesha Siddiqui

5. Bridgewater-Raritan High School (Al-Falah)

Omar Mohareb
Tala Mohareb

Short Film

1. Sayreville War Memorial High School

Hamda Ibrahim
Fariah Baig
Anisa Ismail
Nazifa Naveed
Abubakar Shah
Ayaan Mazhar

2. South Brunswick High School

Sana Fathima
Sofiyah Ameen
Laiba Lakhani
Zainub Sarfaraz
Laibah Khan

3. Piscataway High School
Mohammad Chughtai
Ali Asghar

4. Hillsborough Highschool

Hadi Qadir

5. Old Bridge High School

Sarah Amin
Samreen Ijaz
Mohammad Ijaz
Ali Shah
Mariam Khan
Laaiba Khan

Social Media

1. Sayreville War Memorial High School

Zaina Suha Ghani
Haleema Khan
Afsa Aquil
Bushra Ali

2. South Brunswick High School

Inayah Qureshy
Aasiya Syed
Sameeha Qureshy

Category VI: Sports

Basketball - Male

1. Sayreville War Memorial High School & South Amboy Middle High School

Osman Alishah
Saif Humaidi
Huzaifa Ibrahim
Moeez Dutt
Masharib Imran
Zaid Syed
Nabeel Mohammad
Rayyan Aziz
Safi Ullah
Shaeel Jaffrey

2. Noor-Ul-Iman School

Zayd Atiya
Ibraheem Ghauri
Nabeel Tariq
Omar Fazal
Yusuf Sayed
Mohammad Mur
Taha Hagag

3. Old Bridge High School

Aqib Chaudary
Rohan Siddique
Haani Khan
Mohammad Ijaz
Ali Shah
Ali Chaudary
Yusuf Shwket
Yusuf Hashmi
Milenko Miladinov

4. MontyBoro (Hillsborough Highschool & MCSC)

Maaz Yasir
Ammar Yasir
Syed Reza
Jaffrey Choudhury
Abbas Nathani
Arham Rehan
Hassan Farooq
Billal Mughal

5. South Brunswick High School

Yusuf Chaudhry
Adham Amin
Farhan Syed
Kenz Mehaboob
Bilal Hashmi
Yusuf Khan
Mustafa Farooqui
Ahyan Pochi

Basketball - Female

1. Noor-Ul-Iman School & J.P. Stevens & South Brunswick High School

Heba Baig
Mariam Kwara
Samiha Ahmed
Sarah Youssef
Humnah Poonawalla
Fatimazohra Poonawalla
Emaan Qadry

2. Noble Leadership Academy, Piscataway High School, & Edison High School

Sana Fahmy
Aminah Awawdeh
Dena Atyat
Melise Sever
Aminah Memon
Manoor Abbasi

3. Ridge High School, East Brunswick High School, & Bergen County Academies

Myra Manji
Saleha Mustafa
Haram Virk
Amna Mir
Safya El-Dessouky
Hana Sapunxhiu

4. South Brunswick High School
Sarah Zunaed
Syeda Zaidi
Malak Elfeky
Dua Zaidi
Maryam Elfeky
Saja Elfeky
Noor Elsherbini
Nabilah Jaulikar

5. Pillars Preparatory Academy

Ayah Abbassi
Sahla Shata
Nour Al Houda Choukrane
Safiah Akl
Sabreen Elgamal
Farah Sherif

**Soccer - Male**

1. Noor-Ul-Iman School

Yusuf Abooelezz
Riham Chowdhury
Zaid Bhura
Elias Murad
Ameen Mohamed
Syed Raaid Hasani
Mohammed Leroy
Tariq Fahumy
Abdullah Syed
Muhammad Thange

2. Bridgewater-Raritan High School & J.P. Stevens High School

Omar Mohareb
Asher Faruqi
Daniyal Faruqi
Asad Jaffar
Hamza Jaffar
Malek Marhaba
Edjutawee Dawit
Abdullah Nawaz

3. Sayreville War Memorial High School

Talha Qureshi
Omar Selim
Ali Selim
Adil Shahid
MD Sahib
Ahmed Azhar
Ayaan Mazhar
Indrit Tula
Ali Qureshi

**Soccer - Female**

1. Noor-Ul-Iman & Bridgewater-Raritan High School

Noura Elkhouga
Ayesha Najimi
Fajr Elkhateeb
Jana Alnadi
Hiba Khan
Alisha Noor Chaudhry
Inaaya Shakir
Tala Mohareb
Dana Mohareb

2. Sayreville War Memorial High School & South Amboy Middle High School

Hamda Ibrahim
Nazifa Naveed
Kainaat Irfan
Manha Khan
Saman Ashfaq
Buqa Noor
Afsa Aquil
Samia Naveed
Dina Bashir

Category VII: E-SPORTS

**Super Smash Bros**

*Note: Incorrect winners were announced for this competition at 2023 Awards Ceremony, relevant parties have been contacted and the correct winners have been reflected below.

1. Aazam Ali, South Brunswick High School

2. Tariq Fahumy, Noor-Ul-Iman School

3. Omar Faysal, Holmdel High School

4. Ayaan Mazhar, Sayreville War Memorial High School

5. Samih Abbassi, Passaic County Technical Institute (AGE)

**Chess**

1. Mustafa Farooqui, South Brunswick High School

2. Adam Mansoor, Noble Leadership Academy

3. Elias Murad, Noor-Ul-Iman School

4. Rayyan Amjad, Noor-Ul-Iman School

5. Yusuf Seyam, Noble Leadership Academy

**Rocket League**

1. Noor-Ul-Iman School

Ameen Mohamed
Yusuf Sayed
Mohammad Mur

2. South Brunswick High School & Sayreville War Memorial High School

Maazin Iqbal
Adham Amin
Ali Selim

3. Sayreville War Memorial High School

Ahmed Azhar
Indrit Tula
Ali Qureshi

4. Holmdel High School & Piscataway High School

Adam Khadr
Asem Khadr
Mohammad Chughtai

5. Old Bridge High School

Yousof Daftani
Yusuf Shwket
Ayan Adnan

OVERALL RANKINGS

INDIVIDUAL

1. Tariq Fahumy

2. Raahim Hashmi

3. Yusuf Sayed

4. Anisa Ismail

5. Ameen Mohamed

TEAMS

1. Noor-Ul-Iman School

2. Sayreville War Memorial High School

3. Piscataway High School

4. South Brunswick High School

5. Old Bridge High School