Executive Director

Ehab Hassan has been involved with several Muslim organizations on both a national and local level, and has been doing Islamic work in the DMV area for over 20 years. He has served on several boards of various Islamic organizations. He strives to motivate and connect with the Muslim community by working on an organizational level, developing creative community activities, leading discussions, and delivering sermons. Ehab is also a writer and delivers uplifting messages through his writings. He enjoys traveling, acting, and hanging out with family.

By day, Ehab is a Mechanical Engineer, and by night he is a family man trying to maintain his status as the world's best dad.

Ehab lives in Howard County with his supportive wife and three amazing kids.

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Yumna grew up in Central, New Jersey, and attended Rutgers University, where she earned her Bachelor's in Biology and Psychology. She then went on to receive her Doctorate in Dental Surgery from Columbia University College of Dental Medicine.

As a transplant to Maryland, she understands how difficult it is to build roots in a new community. She strives to provide programs that facilitate real connections and bonds between community members.

When she's not bedazzling baby teeth with silver crowns or looking for missing socks, she likes to play games with her 3 kids and figure out how to keep her plants alive.

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Wardah grew up in Texas and Saudi Arabia, but has happily put down roots in the East Coast since moving here for college. She completed a BS in Neurobiology and a minor in Islamic Studies from Georgetown University, where she also served as MSA president and worked on a national campaign to establish Muslim chaplaincy offices at universities around the country. She then attended medical school at the Yale School of Medicine and moved to Maryland in 2020 to complete her residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Wardah co-leads the MFC Care Committee with the goal of strengthening the bonds of brotherhood and sisterhood within our community and helping forge relationships rooted in the love of Islam and the love of Allah. She believes strongly in cultivating a welcoming environment and facilitating friendships centered around the masjid to nurture a strong sense of Muslim identity in our children and our families.

Wardah and her husband, Umar, are both physicians and live in Columbia with their two daughters. They enjoy traveling, hiking, and trying out new board games (a recent favorite is Splendor!) in their spare time.

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Ayman grew up in Houston, Texas, where he was active in the Islamic Society of Greater Houston (ISGH) until he moved to Virginia to earn a BS in Polymer Chemistry from the College of William & Mary and an MS in Medicinal Chemistry/Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Medical College of VCU. Ayman is currently a pharmaceutical executive responsible for North American Sales and Technical R&D teams working on novel pharmaceutical products to alleviate human suffering. Ayman is married to Yumna and they have 3 children, Yusuf, Yasir and Aaliya.

Ayman enjoys volunteering with his family in community programs and attending Islamic education programs.

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Tamim Sookoor was born in Sri Lanka and obtained his BE in Computer Engineering from Vanderbilt University in 2006. He received his MS and Ph.D. in Computer Science from UVa in 2009 and 2012, respectively. Currently, he is a Senior Professional Staff Member at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. While a graduate student at UVa he served as the secretary on the board of the Islamic Society of Central Virginia (ISCV). Since graduating, he has continued to serve masajid and Islamic organizations by developing and updating their websites. He is a runner and loves spending his free time reading and learning, traveling with his wife and son, and going on walks and hikes. Tamim lives in Howard County.

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Gizala was born in India and grew up in Montreal, Quebec where she graduated from McGill University with a BS in Microbiology & Immunology and attended the Graduate Program in Education of the Gifted and Talented. Gizala is a longtime resident of Howard County, where she lives with her husband and daughter. She has worked for a local minority-owned business based in Ellicott City for over twenty years. Her role in the company has allowed her to expand on and strengthen her managerial and organizational skills which she tries to incorporate into her personal and volunteer activities. Gizala has been actively involved for many years with her daughter’s school’s PTAs and her Muslim Girl Scouts troop. She is excited about expanding her volunteer engagement further within our community. In her free time, she loves to garden, read, and try her hand in whichever craft catches her attention.

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Mohammed Najmuddin (Najam) was born in India and moved to the USA in 2001 and has been a resident of Howard county for the last 20 years. He works in the electrical industry as a sales executive, is married, and has 3 beautiful kids. He enjoys volunteering with his family at community events.