MIST New Jersey 2022

In 2022, we presented The Conviction in Courage: Finding the Balance Between Fear and Risk

Here's what you did.

The Winners

We would like to congratulate the TOP 5 winners in every competition! We’re so proud of your hard work and dedication. Top 5 winners of all competitions (aside from pilot competitions demarcated with a **) qualify to compete at the Nationals tournament in the summer!

Category I: Knowledge and Quran

Knowledge Test 1

1. Raahim Hashmi, Piscataway High School

2. Samreen Ijaz, Old Bridge High School

3. Jenna Pirzada, Noor-Ul-Iman School

4. Umamah Ali, Noor-Ul-Iman School

5. Hamza Faizan, Al Falah (Ridge High School)

Knowledge Test 2

1. Inayah Ahmad, Noor-Ul-Iman School

2. Laaiba Khan, Old Bridge High School

3. Romeesa Baig, Noor-Ul-Iman School

4. Imaad Siddiqui, Noor-Ul-Iman School

Knowledge Test 3

1. Hafsa Jawad, J.P. Stevens (Northern Burlington Regional High School)

2. Anum Ahmad, Noor-Ul-Iman School

3. Amira Tamboo, Noor-Ul-Iman School

4. Nawar Rahman, Sayreville War Memorial High School

5. Laila Razick, Noor-Ul-Iman School

Quran Memorization - Level 1 - Male

1. Saad Farooqui, Noor-Ul-Iman School

2. Nabeel Mohammad, Sayreville War Memorial High School

3. Adil Syed, Noor-Ul-Iman School

4. Muhammad Thange, Noor-Ul-Iman School

Quran Memorization - Level 1 - Female

1. Fariah Baig, Sayreville War Memorial High School

2. Zaina Suha Ghani, Sayreville War Memorial High School

3. Afsa Aquil, Sayreville War Memorial High School

4. Nazifa Naveed, Sayreville War Memorial High School

5. Isra Syed, Al-Falah (Bridgewater-Raritan High School)

Quran Memorization - Level 2 - Female

1. Haniyah Mahmood, Sayreville War Memorial High School

2. Urooj Khan, Sayreville (South Amboy Middle High School)

3. Fatima Catovic, Pillars Preparatory Academy

4. Safiya Tamnat, Piscataway High School

Quran Memorization - Level 3 - Male

1. Abdullah Syed, Noor-Ul-Iman School

2. Bakr Alomari, Piscataway High School

3. Faisal Khan, Sayreville (South Amboy Middle High School)

4. Moeez Dutt, Sayreville War Memorial High School

5. Raiyaan Motiwala, Piscataway High School

Quran Recitation - Male

1. Ibrahim Syed, Piscataway High School

2. Ajhar Hussain, Noble Leadership Academy

3. Ahmed Rashid, Piscataway (An-Noor Academy)

4. Tariq Fahumy, Noor-Ul-Iman School

5. Hasan Rashid, Piscataway (An-Noor Academy)

Quran Recitation - Female

1. JM, East Brunswick High School

2. Maryam Elfeky, South Brunswick High School

3. Asma Mahjabeen, Sayreville War Memorial High School

4. Wadia Azeem, Old Bridge High School

5. Safa Hashmi, Old Bridge High School

Category II: Arts

2D Art

1. Falaah Florival, Pillars Preparatory Academy

2. Zaynab Khan, Piscataway High School

3. Safae Choukrane, Pillars Preparatory Academy

4. Jude Kotob, Al Falah (Millburn High School)

5. Anisa Ismail, Sayreville War Memorial High School

3D Art

1. Rinaaz Khan, South Brunswick High School

2. Tazeen Sohu, J.P. Stevens High School

3. Becker Kotob, Al-Falah (Millburn High School)

4. Hani Farooqi, Noor-Ul-Iman School

5. Heba Baig, Noor-Ul-Iman School

Fashion Design

1. Dania Ali, Piscataway (Edison High School)

2. Shirin Khodjaberganova, J.P. Stevens High School

3. Sabreen Elgamal, Pillars Preparatory Academy

4. Isha Sajid, South Brunswick High School

5. Afsa Aquil, Sayreville War Memorial High School

Graphic Design

1. Mahnoor Afshar, J.P. Stevens High School

2. Aymann Munshi, Pillars Preparatory Academy

Photography

1. Sana Fathima, South Brunswick High School

2. Yaseen Zahir, J.P. Stevens High School

3. Ryaan Jamal, Eastern Regional High School

4. Safya El-Dessouky, East Brunswick High School

5. Fajr Elkhateeb, Noor-Ul-Iman School

**Culinary Arts**

1. Aminah Memon, Piscataway High School

2. Dina Bashir, Sayreville (South Amboy Middle High School)

3. Tayba El-Dessouky, East Brunswick High School

4. Hamda Ibrahim, Sayreville War Memorial High School

5. Haleema Khan, Sayreville War Memorial High School

**Scrapbook**

1. Anum Ahmad, Noor-Ul-Iman School

Category III: Writing and Oratory

Extemporaneous Speaking

1. Zanna Ahmad, Eastern Regional High School

2. Aakef Khan, South Brunswick High School

3. Zain Masood, Al-Falah (Ridge High School)

4. Sana Fathima, South Brunswick High School

5. Raahim Hashmi, Piscataway High School

Creative Writing

1. Sonia Muthuraj, J.P. Stevens (Woodbridge Academy)

2. Hiba Khan, Noor-Ul-Iman School

3. Anisa Ismail, Sayreville War Memorial High School

4. Zenna Ahmed, Piscataway High School

5. Raneem Kotob, Al-Falah (Millburn High School)

Spoken Word

1. Hussein Alawi, Noble Leadership Academy

2. Kamel Saqer, Noble Leadership Academy

3. Anum Ahmad, Noor-Ul-Iman School

4. Sarah Mohammed, J.P. Stevens High School

5. Ashiyana Ahamed, South Brunswick High School

Category IV: Brackets

Debate

1. Yaseen Zahir, J.P. Stevens High School

2. Nazmin Abbasi, J.P. Stevens High School

3. Aqsa Owais, J.P. Stevens (Woodbridge Academy)

4. Zarah Baccus, J.P. Stevens (Woodbridge Academy)

5. Anas Owais, J.P. Stevens (Middlesex County Academy)

Math Olympics

1. Muhammad Yousuf, South Brunswick High School

2. Diana Yousef, Noble Leadership Academy

3. Sofian Bhuiyan, Noor-Ul-Iman School

4. Sofiyah Ameen, South Brunswick High School

5. Nawar Rahman, Sayreville War Memorial High School

MIST Quiz Bowl

1. Pillars Preparatory Academy

Nour Al Houda Choukrane
Safae Choukrane
Fatima Catovic
Rumaysah Florival
Falaah Florival
Ayah Abbassi

2. South Brunswick High School

Hafsa Mohammed
Maryam Elfeky
Isha Sajid
Mazia Ahsan
Ashiyana Ahamed
Suzeen Malek

3. Sayreville War Memorial High School

Moeez Dutt
Asma Mahjabeen
Nazifa Naveed
Zaina Suha Ghani
Indrit Tula
Fariah Baig

4. Noor-Ul-Iman School

Zane Alkiyal
Umamah Ali
Amaan Majid
Laila Razick
Yousef Kwara
Anum Ahmad

5. Eastern Regional High School

Zanna Ahmad
Areebah Jafri
Yusra Khan
Rehan Kazmi
Ryaan Jamal
Ranen Shakir

Improv - Male

1. Piscataway High School

Shayaan Ahmed
Mudassir Ahmed
Rahmatullah Hasan
Raiyaan Motiwala
Mohammad Chughtai
Saami Rahman

2. Noor-Ul-Iman School

Saad Farooqui
Abdullah Ahmed
Ahmed Youssef
Zain Shah
Nabeel Hasan
Taha Hagag

3. Al-Falah: Bridgewater-Raritan High School

Asher Faruqi
Hamza Jaffar
Musa Ahmad
Malek Marhaba

4. South Brunswick High School

Kenz Mehaboob
Bilal Hashmi
Yusuf Khan
Ahmad Azmi
Mustafa Farooqui
Aakef Khan

Improv - Female

1. Hillsborough High School

Zainab Essani
Ruba Shaikh
Anais Bouchatta
Simra Rafiuddin

2. Piscataway High School

Aminah Memon
Zoha Khan
Zaynab Khan
Rania Hashmi

3. Sayreville War Memorial High School

Hamda Ibrahim
Haleema Khan
Afsa Aquil
Bushra Ali

4. J.P Stevens High School

Humnah Poonawalla
Maha Afshar
Mahnoor Afshar
Tazeen Sohu
Alina Zahra
Sarah Mohammed

5. South Brunswick High School

Rinaaz Khan
Zainub Sarfaraz
Hira Shakir
Afsheen Khan

Category V: Group Projects

Business Venture

1. Old Bridge High School

Sadain Siddique
Shafeh Siddique
Rayaan Afzal
Aqib Chaudary

2. Sayreville War Memorial High School

Masharib Imran
Zaid Syed

3. Noor-Ul-Iman School

Omar Fazal
Nabeel Tariq

Humanitarian Service

1. Piscataway High School

Azra Bano
Ibrahim Syed
Raahim Hashmi

2. Noor-Ul-Iman School

Aman Cheema
Zainab Chaudhry
Yusuf Sayed
Mariam Kwara

3. Noble Leadership Academy

Diana Yousef
Ramah Jalo

Nasheed/Rap - Male

1. Noor-Ul-Iman School

Saad Farooqui
Muhsin Khan
Zaid Bhura
Ammar Shahid

Nasheed/Rap - Female

1. Noble Leadership Academy

Salma Abdallah
Aminah Awawdeh

2. Woodbridge Academy (J.P. Stevens)

Dowee Dawit

Science Fair

1. Woodbridge Academy (J.P. Stevens)

Sonia Muthuraj
Ayra Ajay
Aysha Syeda

2. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South (NUI)

Syed Arif
Afnan Arif

3. Woodbridge Academy (J.P. Stevens)

Aqsa Owais

4. Old Bridge High School

Yusuf Shwket

5. Sayreville War Memorial High School

Fariah Baig
Nazifa Naveed
Haleema Khan
Abdullah Khan
Afsa Aquil
Asma Mahjabeen

Short Film

1. East Brunswick High School

Nura McCormick
Hafsah Faizan
Juwairiya Mehkri

2. Old Bridge High School

Sarah Amin
Zakariah Daftani
Yousof Daftani
Safa Hashmi
Ali Chaudary
Ayan Adnan

3. South Brunswick High School

Sana Fathima
Habiba Sultan
Laiba Lakhani
Zainub Sarfaraz

4. Noor-Ul-Iman School

Jenna Pirzada
Laila Razick
Fajr Elkhateeb
Omar Battat
Anum Ahmad

Category VI: Sports

Basketball - Male

1. Noor-Ul-Iman School

Zane Alkiyal
Ahmed Youssef
Zain Shah
Omar Fazal
Nabeel Hasan
Omar Battat
Taha Hagag

2. Sayreville War Memorial High School & South Amboy Middle High School

Faisal Khan
Maaz Farooq
Osman Alishah
Moeez Dutt
Masharib Imran
Zaid Syed
Nabeel Mohammad

3. Piscataway High School

Shayaan Ahmed
FazlurRahman Syed
Rahmatullah Hasan
Bakr Alomari
Raiyaan Motiwala
Subhan Siddiqui
Mohammad Chughtai
Saami Rahman

4. Old Bridge High School

Aqib Chaudary
Muaz Ahmad
Sadain Siddique
Zakariah Daftani
Yousof Daftani
Shafeh Siddique
Ali Chaudary
Rayaan Afzal

5. South Brunswick High School, Pillars Preparatory Academy, J.P. Stevens High School & An-Noor Academy

Hasan Rashid
Ahmed Rashid
Zaid Mansuri
Idris Muhammad
Aymann Munshi
Kenz Mehaboob
Bilal Hashmi
Yusuf Khan
Mustafa Farooqui

Basketball - Female

1. Piscataway High School, Woodbridge Academy, J.P. Stevens & South Brunswick High School

Safiya Tamnat
Sarah Tamnat
Humnah Poonawalla
Dowee Dawit
Hira Shakir

2. Noble Leadership Academy, Pillars Preparatory Academy & Eastern Regional High School

Amineh Zaiter
Aminah Awawdeh
Yusra Khan
Hira Khan
Shaza Talbeh

3. Bridgewater-Raritan High School, Hillsborough High School & Noor-Ul-Iman School

Amber Naveed
Isra Syed
Umamah Ali
Ruba Shaikh
Simra Rafiuddin

**Soccer - Male**

1. Noor-Ul-Iman School

Saad Farooqui
Abdullah Ahmed
Amaan Majid
Tariq Fahumy
Abdullah Syed
Zuhayr Thange

2. Bridgewater-Raritan High School, Millburn High School, The Pingry School, Sayreville War Memorial High School & West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South

Talha Waleed
Jude Kotob
Zayed Ali
Indrit Tula
Syed Arif

Category VII: E-SPORTS

**Super Smash Bros**

1. Muhammad Yousuf, South Brunswick High School

2. Aazam Ali, South Brunswick High School

3. Tariq Fahumy, Noor-Ul-Iman School

4. Mahnoor Afshar, J.P. Stevens High School

5. Hamda Ibrahim, Sayreville War Memorial High School

**Chess**

1. Sadain Siddique, Old Bridge High School

2. Zain Jaffar, Al-Falah (Millburn High School)

3. Hamza Faizan, Al-Falah (Ridge High School)

4. Sofian Bhuiyan, Noor-Ul-Iman School

5. Afsheen Khan, South Brunswick High School

**Rocket League**

1. Noor-Ul-Iman School

Saad Farooqui
Amaan Majid
Zuhayr Thange

2. Noble Leadership Academy, South Brunswick High School & West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South

Kamel Saqer
Aakef Khan
Syed Arif

3. Noor-Ul-Iman School

Zane Alkiyal
Yusuf Sayed
Muhammad Thange

4. Sayreville War Memorial High School & Hillsborough High School

Abdullah Khan
Zain Amanullah
Ammar Yasir

5. Old Bridge High School

Yousof Daftani
Yusuf Shwket
Ayan Adnan

OVERALL RANKINGS

INDIVIDUAL

1. Saad Farooqui

2. Anum Ahmad

3. Sadain Siddique

4. Amaan Majid

5. Syed Arif

TEAMS

1. Noor-Ul-Iman School

2. Sayreville War Memorial High School

3. South Brunswick High School

4. Piscataway High School

5. J.P. Stevens High School