Al-Hibri 2107 Award
NASA Honors Young Muslimah
The El-Hibri Foundation recognized Imam Mohamed Magid, executive director ADAMS, with the 2017 El-Hibri Peace Education Prize Laureate for his decades of work as a tireless and vocal champion of inclusion, social justice, and interfaith collaboration. John Esposito, founding director of the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service, was given the 2017 Fearless Ally Award for his close collaboration with national Muslim leaders to advance inclusion and understanding of American Muslims for over four decades. Kameelah Rashad received the 2017 Community Builder Award for her innovative work to build the capacity of American Muslim communities to improve mental health and wellness and promote more inclusive norms. She is the President of the Muslim Wellness Foundation (MWF), a nonprofit organization she founded in 2011 dedicated to reducing stigma associated with mental illness, addiction, and trauma in the American Muslim community through dialogue, education, and training. ih
NASA honored Fatima bint Abdel Moneim Al Sheikh by naming an asteroid after her, Okaz Newspaper reported on July 19. This 19-year-old Saudi Brown University student was recognized for her research efforts in “determining the effect of the novel Carl 2 Strigolactone analog on the seed germination of parasitic weeds,” Okaz wrote. Her project won an award at the annual Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) in 2016. This event, considered the world’s largest international pre-college science competition, brings together approximately 1,800 high school student competitors from around the world. In May, Saudi student Sara Alrabiah won NASA’s top award at the Intel ISEF for a project focused on “improving resistive RAMs’ performance by using single crystal Perovskites.” ih
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