MIST New Jersey 2025

In 2025, we presented A Legacy of Learning: Turning Knowledge into Action

Here's a recap of MIST NJ 2025!

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 8th - 10th, 2025
Wayne State University, Detroit MI

Category I: Knowledge and Quran

Knowledge Test 1

1. Zainab Syed, An Noor Academy

2. Afsheen Fathima, J.P. Stevens High School

3. Eshal Siddiqui, J.P. Stevens High School

4. Lyza Kazmi, West Morris Mendham High School

5. Ashalina Kassim, Ridge High School

Knowledge Test 2

1. Rayhan Muneer, Darul Arqam School

Knowledge Test 3

1. Hania Hashmi, An Noor Academy

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

3. Nuha Shuaib, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School

Knowledge Test 4

1. Souhila El Gamal, Pillars Preparatory Academy

Quran Memorization - Level 1 - Male

1. Mert Aydin, Darul Arqam School

2. Zayd Shariff, East Brunswick High School

3. Rayaan Ahmed, Darul Arqam School

4. Musa Faizan, East Brunswick High School

5. Farhan Syed, Sayreville War Memorial High School

Quran Memorization - Level 1 - Female

1. Naailah Sheik, McNair Academic High School

2. Fatima Sohail, Darul Arqam School

3. Lana Ghaith, Darul Arqam School

Quran Memorization - Level 2 - Male

1. Ikram Ahmed, Teaneck High School

Quran Memorization - Level 2 - Female

1. Nour Abedraboo, Noble Leadership Academy

2.Sarah Kholaif, Darul Arqam School

3. Habiba Muneer, Darul Arqam

4. Monira Hlawa, Pillars Preparatory Academy

Quran Memorization - Level 3 - Male

1. Abduallah Mohamed, East Brunswick High School

2. Abdun Nafay, Darul Arqam School

3. Fouzan Mohammed, Teaneck High School

4. Hamza Ahmad, Piscataway High School

5. Hasnain Farhan, Darul Arqam School

Quran Memorization - Level 3 - Female

1. Menna Elsherif, Darul Arqam School

2.Mariam Tokal, Darul Arqam School

3. Reem Abdullah, MCSC (Montgomery)

4. Fatima Salman Al Faris, South Brunswick High School

Quran Recitation - Male

1. Zaid Jamal, Teaneck High School

2. Zackariya Broadnax, An Noor Academy

3. Malek Elbatrawish, Teaneck High School

4. Hamza Lababidi, Darul Arqam School

5. Mazin Ahmed, South Brunswick High School

Quran Recitation - Female

1. Falaq Zahir, J.P. Stevens High School

2. Sumaiyah Rabbani, An Noor Academy

3. Hana Abdelhafez, Ridge High School

4. Marzuk Syed, An Noor Academy

5. Mariam Esmaeel, McNair Academic High School

Category II: Arts

2D Art

1. Zaeemah Sarder, J.P. Stevens High Schoo

2. Zara Sheriff, East Brunswick High Schoo

3. Alishba Hussain, Hillsborough High School

4. Naailah Sheik, McNair Academic High School

5. Rumaysah Florival, Pillars Preparatory Academy

3D Art

1. Yara Subeih, Pillars Preparatory Academy

2. Daniyal Faruqi, Bridgewater-Raritan Highschool

3. Juwayriya Ameen, South Brunswick High School

Fashion Design

1. Shakira Sampson, Sayreville War Memorial High School

Digital Art

1. Sarah Shaikh, McNair Academic High School

2. Maryam Khan, Muslim Youth of Monmouth Junction

3. Nazeefa Kaif, An Noor Academy

4. Eshal Satti, Pillars Preparatory Academy

Photography

1. Yusuf Amin, Bridgewater-Raritan Highschool

2. Maahum Alvi, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South

3. Amal Omarzai, Metuchen High School

4. Amy AboueLnaga, Sayreville War Memorial High School

5. Yara Abbas, Pillars Preparatory Academy

**Culinary Arts** - TBD

**Extemporaneous Drawing**

1. Fariah Baig, Sayreville War Memorial High School

2. Aiza Siraj, Sayrevillle War Memorial High School

3. Ashalina Kassim, Ridge High School

4. Sami Lulu, Darul Arqam School

5. Sarah Ismail, Pillars Preparatory Academy

Category III: Writing and Oratory

Extemporaneous Essay

1. Nuha Shuaib, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South

2. Salma Kazi, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South

3. Fatima Ahmed, Pillars Preparatory Academy

Extemporaneous Speaking

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

2. Shayan Mahmood, Hillsborough High School

3. Zayn Jaber, Monroe Township High School

4. Hamza Ahmad, Piscataway High School

5. Rayhan Muneer, Darul Arqam School

Original Oratory

1. Safa Rahman, South Brunswick High School

2. Umair Murees, Darul Arqam School

3. Afsheen Fathima, J.P. Stevens High School

Poetry

1. Aisha Rasheed, South Brunswick High School

2. Yasmine One, Acellus Home School

3. Fariah Baig, Sayreville War Memorial High School

4. Kainaat Arfan, Sayreville War Memorial High School

5. Khadijah Azhar, Pillars Preparatory Academy

Prepared Essay

1. Amrin Mohit, J.P. Stevens High School

2. Zayd Salman, South Brunswick High School

3. Hania Hashmi, An Noor Academy

4. Hooriya Bagasra, Bergen County Academies

5. Usman Waseem, Darul Arqam School

Short Fiction

1. Zaeemah Sarder, J.P. Stevens High School

2. Nuha Mohit, J.P. Stevens High School

3. Amima Baig, Sayreville War Memorial High School

4. Maahum Alvi, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South

5. Fathima Salman Al Faris, South Brunswick High School

Spoken Word

1. Shorook Esmaeel, McNair Academic High School

2. Fatima Zohra Poonawalla, J.P. Stevens High School

3. Maryam Kawas, Pillars Preparatory Academy

4. Haniya Arif, Piscataway High School

5. Ayah Abbassi, Pillars Preparatory Academy

Category IV: Brackets

Debate

1. J.P. Stevens High School

Falaq Zahi

2. McNair Academic High School

Mariam Esmaeel

Mahnoor Bhatt

3. South Brunswick High School

Zayd Salman

Muhammad Raza

4. An Noor Academy

Anabia Saif

Math Olympics

1. Raifah Kader, McNair Academic High School

2. Tayba Eldessouky, East Brunswick High School

3. Aaryan Mansuri, J.P. Stevens High School

4. Abdulmalek Alasswad, South Brunswick High School

MIST Quiz Bowl

1. Teaneck High School

Fouzan Mohammed
Rakhshan Sayed
Ikram Ahmed
Zaid Jamal

2. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South

Haniyya Arif
Maryam Hussain
Salma Kazi
Nuha Shuaib

3. An Noor Academy & East Brunswick High School

Nazeefa Kaif
Zayd Shariff
Humza Hassan
Musa Faizan
Rayyan Shariff

4. South Brunswick High School

Sarah Ahmed
Manahil Zulfiqar
Inayah Qureshy
Juwayriya Ameen
Aasiya Syed
Sameeha Qureshy

5. Wardlaw+Hartridge

Areesha Ejaz
Yasin Afridi
Lucas Chu
Ayaan Shareef
Saif Zaidi
Ahmad Khizar

Improv - Male

1. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, J.P. Stevens High School & An Noor Academy

Ayaan Khan
Aiman Shaik
Youssef Eladly
Zackariya Broadnax
Adam Ramadan

2. Sayreville War Memorial High School

Osman Alishah
Abubakar Shah
Ishaan Chand
Adil Shahid
Ayaan Mazhar
Abdullah Khan

3. Bridgewater-Raritan Highschool

Asher Faruqi
Hamza Jaffar
Asad Jaffar
Adam Marhaba
Musa Ahmad
Mikael Mir

4. Darul Arqam School

Umair Murees
Irtaza Abbas
Usman Waseem
Zaid Noures
Aden Abbas
Suleiman Kouar

5. South Brunswick High School

Omar Asker
Adham Amin
Salman Elgendi
Adam Shakir

Improv - Female

1. Metuchen High School & Sayreville War Memorial High Schoo

Amal Omarza
Aiza Siraj
Areeba Khawaja
Aleena Shahid
Mishall Ikram

2. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South & Muslim Youth of Monmouth Junction & East Brunswick High School

Aaliya Jamadar
Izza Mudassir
Maryam Khan
Zahrah Khan
Zara Sheriff
Sofia Gawad

3. Pillars Preparatory Academy

Maryam Kawas
Janna Ibrahim
Malak Idris
Raihanna Qazi
Bidour Elsaid

4. J.P. Stevens High School, South Brunswick High School, Piscataway High School

Fajar Shafique
Dua Zaidi
Zahra Zaid
Ruqaiyah Hagigal
Haniya Arif

5. Al-Falah (Ridge High School, Holmdel High School, Watchung Regional High School & West Morris Mendham High School)

Myra Manji
Ashalina Kassim
Alishba Farhan
Zoeya Pasha
Lyza Kazmi

Category V: Group Projects

Business Venture

1. Piscataway High School

Aleeza Sarfraz
Muntaha Naveed

2. East Brunswick High School

Zayd Shariff
Musa Faizan
Saad Jadoon
Muhammad Rayyan

3. Teaneck High School

Fouzan Mohammed
Rakhshan Sayed
Zaid Jamal

4. Monroe Township High School

Jamal Ayoubi
Salaar Khan
Sufyan Khan

5. Pillars Preparatory Academy

Murat Ahmemulič
Janna Ibrahim

Humanitarian Service

1. Ridge High School & Bridgewater Raritan Middle School & Bridgewater-Raritan Highschool

Hana Abdelhafez
Saim Hasan
Yousuf Ahmad
Daniyal Faruqi
Yusuf Amin

Nasheed/Rap - Male

1. Bridgewater-Raritan Highschool

Asher Faruqi
Hamza Jaffar
Asad Jaffar
Musa Ahmad
Mikael Mir

Nasheed/Rap - Female

1. Pillars Preparatory Academy

Raihanna Qazi

2. McNair Academic High School

Mariam Esmaeel

3. Darul Arqam School

Habiba Muneer
Mariam Toka

4. South Brunswick High School

Fathima Salman Al Faris

Science Fair

1. McNair Academic High School

Shorook Esmaeel

2. Sayreville War Memorial High School

Osman Alishah
Abubakar Shah
Ishaan Chand
Adil Shahid
Ahmed Abdullah
Abdullah Khan

3. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South

Haniyya Arif
Maryam Hussain

4. Piscataway High School

Aariz Mohammad
Haniya Arif
Zainab Kashif

Short Film

1. Marlboro High School

Ammar Malik
Nyle Khawaja
Ibrahim Syed
Muhammad Hashmi
Zoya Ali

2. Sayreville War Memorial High School

Aiza Siraj
Malayeka Shahid
Aleena Shahid
Farhan Syed
Mishall Ikram
Sara Rafique

3. South Brunswick High School

Omar Asker
Maazin Iqbal
Aisha Rasheed
Farhan Syed
Juwayriya Ameen
Laibah Khan

4. Bridgewater-Raritan Highschool

Adam Marhaba
Malek Marhaba

5. Hillsborough High School

Shaheer Ahmad
Mohamed Manja
Neama Saharara
Ahmed Rahim
Hamnah Rahim
Maaz Yasir

Social Media

1. Pillars Preparatory Academy

Sheyam Ali
Noura Mohamed
Abdulaziz Mohammad
Adam Alansary
Ayesha Chowdhury
Sama Kammoura

2. Sayreville War Memorial High Schoo

Fariah Baig
Kainaat Arfan
Amima Baig
Saman Ashfaq

3. Hunterdon Central Regional High School

Aryana Hamirani

Category VI: Sports

Basketball - Male

1. Sayreville War Memorial High School & Fair Lawn High School

Osman Alishah
Rayyan Aziz
Abubakar Shah
Ishaan Chand
Adil Shahid
Ayaan Mazhar
Ahmed Abdullah
Abdullah Khan
Saad Yousuf
Waeel Mohammed

2. South Brunswick High School

Ayaan Rahman
Youssef Elbanby
Farhan Syed
Zidaan Khan
Syed Qasim
Adam Shakir

3. An Noor Academy & Wardlaw+Hartridge

Youssef Eladly
Zackariya Broadnax
Adam Ramadan
Yasin Afridi
Lucas Chu
Ayaan Shareef
Saif Zaidi
Zaid Afridi

4. East Brunswick High School

Zayd Shariff
Humza Hassan
Musa Faizan
Rayyan Shariff
Zuhair Mohammed

5. Darul Arqam School

Rayaan Ahmed
Umair Murees
Hamza Lababidi
Hasan Khan
Mert Aydin
Hasnain Farhan
Zaid Noures
Qasim Farhan
Aden Abbas
Mohammad Ghaith

Basketball - Female

1. Pillars Preparatory Academy

Maryam Kawas
Sham Subeih
Manahil Raees
Sahla Shata
Yara Subeih
Marah Jadalhack
Raihanna Qazi
Ayesha Chowdhury
Bidour Elsaid
Sama Kammour

2. Darul Arqam School

Menna Elsherif
Sama Salama
Sarah Kholaif
Habiba Muneer
Mariam Tokal

3. MCSC & J.P. Stevens High School & South Brunswick High School

Rija Azeem
Fatima Mahmood
Reem Abdullah
Eshal Siddiqui
Sumayya Shaik
Fatima Zohra Poonawalla
Noor Elsherbin

**Soccer - Male**

1. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School, Al Falah Coalition, Sayreville War Memorial High School, & East Brunswick High School

Muhammad Aulakh
Yunus Raza
Asim Rahmatulin
Saim Hasan
Farhan Syed
Hamza Ahmad
Adam Marhaba
Malek Marhaba
Abdulrahman Eldessouky

2. South Brunswick High School

Zayd Mulani
Zahin Chowdhury
Zayd Salman
Muhammad Zakariya Khurram
Omar Asker
Yousef Elsherbini
Emaad Thange
Adham Amin
Maan Ahmed
Salman Elgendi

**Volleyball - Male**

1. Al Falah (Bridgewater Raritan Middle School & High School)

Yousuf Ahmad
Asher Faruqi
Daniyal Faruqi
Hamza Jaffar
Asad Jaffar
Musa Ahmad
Mikael Mir

2. South Brunswick High School

Maazin Iqbal
Emaad Syed
Zyan Khan
Zain Mansuri
Muneeb Tariq
Abdulmalek Alasswad
Ayaan Ansari
Karim Salahie

3. Darul Arqam School & Edison High School

Irtaza Abbas
Sami Lulu
Usman Waseem
Suleiman Kouar
Rayhan Muneer
Shahzeb Khan

**Volleyball - Female**

1. South Brunswick High School

Dua Zaidi
Eliza Khan
Aisha Rasheed
Inayah Qureshy
Juwayriya Ameen
Fathima Salman Al Faris
Aasiya Syed
Sameeha Qureshy
Zahra Zaidi

2. Sayreville War Memorial High School, Metuchen High School, & Al Falah Coalition

Malayeka Shahid
Areeba Khawaja
Aleena Shahid
Mishall Ikram
Sara Rafique
Fatima Rizwan
Amal Omarzai
Ashalina Kassim
Hana Abdelhafez
Zoeya Pasha
Lyza Kazmi

Category VII: E-SPORTS

**Super Smash Bros**

1. Omar Asker, South Brunswick High School

2. Zahra Khan, Muslim Youth of Monmouth Junction

**Chess**

1. Rakshan Syed, Teaneck High School

2. Hamza Ahmad, Piscataway High School

3. Mohammad Ghaith, Darul Arqam School

**Rocket League**

1. South Brunswick High School

Muhammad Raza
Maazin Iqbal
Salman Elgendi

2. Darul Arqam School

Umair Murees

**Fornite - Zone Wars**

1. Bridgewater-Raritan High School

Hamza Jaffar
Asad Jaffar

2. Darul Arqam School

Sami Lulu
Umar Khan

3. Pillars Preparatory Academy

Adham Abbas

OVERALL RANKINGS

INDIVIDUAL

*Note: Winners were announced in the incorrectly at the 2025 Awards Ceremony, relevant parties have been contacted and the correct order is reflected below.

1. Hamza Jaffar & Asad Jaffar, Bridgewater-Raritan High School

2. Juwayriya Ameen, South Brunswick High School

3. Daniyal Faruqi, Bridgewater-Raritan High School

4. Rakhshan Sayed, Teaneck High School

5. Zaid Jamal, Teaneck High School

TEAMS

1. Darul Arqam School

2. Sayreville War Memorial High School

3. J.P. Stevens High School

4. South Brunswick High School

5. Pillars Preparatory Academy