Media Scholarship Recipients

Name: Noor Al-Samarrai

Recipient Year: 2024

School Name: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Major: MFA in Creative Writing

Sponsor: Afshin Riaz Future Leaders Scholarship

Name: Sarah Ali

Recipient Year: 2019

School Name: UMass - Amherst

Major: Creative Writing - Poetry

Sponsor: Afzal Family Foundation

Name: Mariam Ali

Recipient Year: 2024

School Name: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Major: Journalism

Sponsor: Abdul Sattar Rydhan Memorial Scholarship

Name: Mariam Alkazemi

Recipient Year: 2014

School Name: University of Florida

Major: Mass Communications

Sponsor: Muslim Community Association of the Bay Area (MCA) Scholarship

Name: Orubba Almansouri

Recipient Year: 2014

School Name: CUNY City College of New York

Major: English

Sponsor: ISF

Name: Basil Alsubee

Recipient Year: 2021

School Name: University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Major: Film Studies / Middle Eastern Studies / History

Sponsor: Makhraj Endowment Fund Scholarship

Name: Zoya Altabaa

Recipient Year: 2024

School Name: California State Univeristy, Sacramento

Major: Journalism

Sponsor: ISF

Name: Omama Altaleb

Recipient Year: 2015

School Name: American University

Major: Journalism

Sponsor: Ghulam and Arifa Azad Family Scholarship

Name: Noor Jehan Ansari

Recipient Year: 2025

School Name: New York University

Major: Public Relations and Corporate Communications

Sponsor: Fairuz Basma Scholarship

Name: Kaity Assaf

Recipient Year: 2021

School Name: NYU

Major: Multimedia

Sponsor: Guillen-Omar Family

Name: Talia Basma

Recipient Year: 2017

School Name: UC Berkeley

Major: Creative Writing

Sponsor: Shia Association of the Bay Area (SABA) Scholarship

Name: Saliha Bayrak

Recipient Year: 2022

School Name: UMass - Amherst

Major: Dual Degree in Journalism & Psychology

Sponsor: Abdul Sattar Rydhan Memorial Scholarship