Ehab Hassan

Board Member and 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 for MuslimMatters and delivers uplifting messages through his writings.  He enjoys travel, acting, competitive sports, and hanging out with family. 

By day, Ehab is a Mechanical Engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 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.

Sami Zaharna

Board Member and (Acting) Imam

Sami Zaharna wears multiple h̶a̶t̶s̶ kufis in his role as Acting Imam and MFC Board Member. Sami is a native of Maryland from Palestinian heritage. After graduating from the University of Maryland with a degree in Computer Science, he began his journey of learning the traditional Islamic Sciences. He holds multiple Ijazah (religious licenses) across the different disciplines of the Islamic tradition, including the memorization of the Quran, study of Hadith and Fiqh. He is currently in the final stages of completing his Seminary studies with a specialization in Hadith.

Sami is passionate about reviving the Prophetic model of Tarbiyah (nurturing) in community development. He believes that growth happens when everyone is in the same space and is forced to interact with another. 

Sami is married with 4 beautiful children.

Yasmeen Abou-Sayed

Board Member

Yasmeen grew up in Texas, until she moved to Maryland in 2003, where she earned her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Maryland at Baltimore.  She is a practicing pharmacist working full-time at the FDA, and moonlights in the community setting with CVS.  She is married with two boys, who keep her on her toes.  Some of her favorite ways of engaging with the community include volunteering at her sons' schools and working with single mothers to get on their feet.  In her free time, she loves reading, taking long walks with her husband, and going on bike rides with her boys.

Ayman Rahman

Board Member

Ayman grew up in Houston, Texas, where he was an 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 MS in Medicinal Chemistry/Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Medical College of Virginia-Virginia Commonwealth University. 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.

Tubah Sultan

Board Member

Tubah Sultan grew up in Maryland and graduated from the University of Maryland in 2011, with degrees in Accounting and Information Systems. Upon graduating she spent nearly a decade working in Big 4 Public Accounting as well as in the community establishing the Muslim Alumni of Maryland Network and as a Founder of the Center for Muslim Life at Maryland (CMLMD), an organization that provides counseling, mentorship and advocacy for area Muslim College Students. She is a (exhausted) new mom, happily married to a volunteer firefighter/EMT. When she finds free time she enjoys reading, traveling, and contemplating on the intersection between psychology, faith and metaphysics.  

Hussein Ezzeldin

Board Member

Hussein Ezzeldin was born in Egypt and obtained his BSc and MSc from Cairo University in 2004 and 2006, respectively. He received his PhD from UMD in 2012. Currently he is a Senior Staff Fellow at the FDA. He is married to Hala Salama and has 3 beautiful children, Ali (12), Mariam (11) and Hamza (8). He has worked with children and youth for over 10 years. He loves teaching, and outdoor activities such as camping, is an avid runner, and has taken up cycling and swimming recently.