Name: Mohannad Rachid

Recipient Year: 2017

Major: Journalism

Description: Mohannad Rachid is currently pursuing his Masters of Science in Journalism at Northwestern University. He graduated from Loyola University Chicago in 2015 with a Bachelor’s in Finance. Being a first generation Syrian-American Muslim, Mohannad has been very involved with the crisis happening in Syria. He partook in a Humanitarian trip to Liberated Syria in 2013 and served as a Coordinator for the Syrian American Medical Society for 8 months after graduating. He’s also helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations through online fundraisers for Karam Foundation. During his college career, Mohannad was very involved with the Muslim Student Association and the Students for Justice in Palestine group. Mohannad wants to assist in giving his Muslim community its own voice and hopes to host his own show at a prime time spot in the near future.

School Name: Northwestern University

Sponsor: Abdul Sattar Rydhan Memorial Scholarship

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohannadr/