Name: Jawaad Khan

Recipient Type: Scholarship Recipient

Recipient Year: 2015

School Name: Bayyinah Institute Dream Program

Major: BS: Religious Studies and Related Fields

Description: Born in sunny South Florida, Jawaad Ahmad Khan is a graduate of the University of Miami having gotten his BSc in Motion Pictures with a minor in Marketing. Over the years, he’s been involved with the Muslim community in different aspects, often volunteering with local youth organizations and working with different mosques in the community. A student of Islam from a young age, Jawaad learned the beautiful language of Arabic through the Bayyinah Institute Dream program. He hopes to continue further Qur’an and Islamic studies and to disseminate the knowledge he gains through the medium of video and film. He has served as Creative Director at Advocating Quranic Literacy (AQL, Inc).