Name: Aamir Bashir

Recipient Year: 2014

Major: Islamic Thought

Description: Aamir’s original training was in Engineering. After completing an MS in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech, he decided to pursue Islamic Studies full-time. Over the next five years, he undertook a rigorous program in traditional Islamic studies, during the course of which he acquired Shahadat al-ʿAlimiyyah (Certification of Scholarly Achievement), equivalent to a 4-year BA in Islamic & Arabic Studies, at Jamiʿa Ashrafia, Lahore. Later, he served as a lecturer of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Darul Uloom al-Madania. While there, he also completed an MA from the International Institute of Islamic Thought & Civilization at the International Islamic University Malaysia. In May 2014, he graduated from the MA Program in Islamic & Near Eastern Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. In Fall 2014, Aamir will be starting a PhD in Islamic Thought at the University of Chicago.

School Name: University of Chicago

Sponsor: Muslim Community Center (MCC) of the East Bay

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abashir97/