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Like any institution, Shorouq Al Mamlakah International School builds its foundation on the values its founders believed in. SAMIS applied a variety of perspectives and methods while prioritizing students’ best interests when they considered their core values. They arrived at 5 simultaneously synergetic, yet independent core beliefs to utilize and instill in their students.

Faith comes as a no-brainer. Being found near the center of Islam, SAMIS logically tries to teach with the guidance of Islamic values. Excellence, too, would be anticipated by some. The school embodies the

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“A dream does not become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work” — a sentiment commonly stated but rarely observed in our day-to-day lives. Today, however, we challenge this notion by putting the spotlight on someone you may find 5 minutes away from your classroom: Islam Mohamed

As a 9th grader, Islam was unremarkable. He was living a normal life: going to school, napping, playing, and casually studying here and there — a stereotypical “studious” student. This changed when he started getting into online chat rooms full of juniors

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and seniors that encouraged him to push the limits of what he thought possible, and with the rise of the Covid-19 pandemic, he took it as a chance to start working towards something big.

Fueled by a burning desire, Islam started looking for ways to prepare for college admission and was told to start simply by finishing up the Scholastic Aptitude Test, notorious for its importance in both American and Egyptian college admission. His family, which had always regarded the SAT as the ultimate end goal, thought this would be enough to occupy the rest of his high school career, but that proved to be false quickly. He not only was able to achieve scores exceeding the 98th percentile by the middle of 10th grade but also was able to take time off to study the SAT Molecular Biology Subject Test and the SAT Mathematics Level 2 Subject Test and managed to score well in both tests after 7 mere weeks; however, this clearly was not enough.

Continuing on his streak, he further aimed for the stars by going on a venture that was about to validate his newborn mentality and attitude —