Name: Abdel-Minem Mustafa

Recipient Type: Scholarship Recipient

Recipient Year: 2015

School Name: Bayyinah Institute Dream Program

Major: BS: Semitic Philology

Description: I asked Allah to further my knowledge in His Deen, especially in the study of His Noble Book. He answered me by making available to me an Arabic class in my first year of college. My hunger was renewed when I started to doubt the capability of a translator to capture the subtleties of Allah’s message. I knew there had to be a reason that Allah sent the final revelation in Arabic, and not any other language. He answered me by causing me to stumble upon a weekly class on the tafseer of Juz’ Amma at a masjid not far from my home. I switched my field of study from Political Science to Linguistics, with a concentration in Arabic and Hebrew. After I graduated, I enrolled in Bayyinah Institute’s Dream program to immerse myself in the language of the Quraan. It was also at this point that I decided to use my part-time job, facilitating workshops about Domestic Violence and Healthy Relationships for the NYC Mayor’s Office. I also took on the role of Peer Educator at the NYC Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence.