Canadian Mulsims
CANADIAN MUSLIMS WHO’S WHO, CONTRIBUTING TO CANADA’S WELL BEING
- FORMER ENGINEERING WOMAN DEAN HOLDS ORDER OF ONTARIO & BLACK BELT
Prof. Tyseer Aboulnasr
http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~aboulnas/ - FIRST WOMAN DEAN OF ENGINEERING COVERS RESEARCH TO ROBOTICS
Prof. Hoda El Maraghy
http://www.ims.uwindsor.ca/people/hae - ARTIST MERGES TRADITIONAL CALLIGRAPHY & FUTURISTIC DESIGN
Ms Soheila Esfahani
http://www.soheila.ca/about.html - FIRST MUSLIM WOMAN SENATOR IS PASSIONATE SOCIAL ACTIVIST
Sen. Mobina Jaffer
http://sen.parl.gc.ca/mjaffer/ - PIONEERING WRITER-PRODUCER MOVES OUT OF MOSQUE AND INTO TV
Ms Zarqa Nawaz
http://www.visiontv.ca/Programs/documentaries_mosque.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/sep11/nawaz.html - TANZANIAN-BORN MP IS TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR NEW CANADIANS
Ms Yasmin Ratansi, MP
http://www.yasminratansi.parl.gc.ca/bio.asp?lang=e - BC WOMAN JUDGE IS AN INTERNATIONALLY TRAINED ROLE MODEL
Ms Dossa Shehni
http://www.cba.org/CBA/Newsletters/pdf/ADR-SDosa_bio.pdf - SOCIAL WORKER-AUTHOR DEDICATES CAREER TO HEALING FAMILIES
Mrs. Wahida Chishti Valiante
http://www.canadianislamiccongress.com/board/valiante.php - FIRST WOMAN ENGINEERING CENTRE DIRECTOR IS ALSO A TOP INVENTOR
Prof. Rabab K. Ward
http://ipl.ece.ubc.ca/rababw.html
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- UNIVERSITY MATH HEAD IS INSPIRED BY WORLD CULTURES & TRAVEL
Prof. S. Ejaz Ahmed
http://web2.uwindsor.ca/math/ahmed/ - YOUNG ENGINEER AND MBA IS A RISING STAR TO WATCH IN OTTAWA
Omar Alghabra, MP
http://www.omaralghabra.ca/ - A YOUNG PROF OF MEDICINE AND TOP RESEARCHER
Dr. Shabbir Alibhai
http://www.geriatricmedicine.utoronto.ca/research/alibhai.htm - VERSATILE ELECTRONICS EXPERT IS A MASTER IN MANY FIELDS
Prof. Dhamin Al-Khalili
http://www.rmc.ca/academic/elec/staff/alkhalil_e.htm - UBC ENGINEER IS A LEADING WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS EXPERT
Prof. Hussein Alnuweiri
http://www.ece.ubc.ca/~hussein/ - COMMUNITY, HERITAGE AND FAMILY KEEP ALBERTA MLA BUSY
Moe Amery, MLA
http://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=mla_bio&rnumber=06 - BUSINESS LEADER TAPS POTENTIAL OF CANADA-ARAB WORLD TRADE
Dr. Mohamed Azzam
http://www.canada-arabbusiness.org/newsletter/38.PDF - PROF EMERITUS IS PROLIFIC AUTHOR AND RENOWNED ISLAMIC SCHOLAR
Dr. Jamal Badawi
http://sobey.smu.ca/biographies/faculty/resume-jamal-badawi.pdf - AN OUTSPOKEN COLUMNIST & RESEARCHER IN CONTEMPORARY ISLAM
Zafar Bangash
http://www.tvo.org/cfmx/tvoorg/theagenda/index.cfm?page_id=22&action=viewprofile&team_member_id=1181 - AWARD-WINNING PROF IS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WORLD LEADER
Prof. Jamal Deen
http://www.ece.mcmaster.ca/faculty/deen/ - IMAM SERVES CANADA BY BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN CULTURES
Imam Dr. Zijad Delic
http://www.canadianislamiccongress.com/board/delic.php - WHERE ‘REAL’ INTELLIGENCE MEETS AI, HE’S A CANADIAN EXPERT
Prof. Mohamed El-Hawary
http://experts.dal.ca/expertfile.cfm?EmployeeID=52 - BUSY UWO DENTISTRY PROF IS IMAM, AUTHOR AND STUDENT CHAPLAIN
Dr. Munir El-Kassem
http://cobalt.golden.net/~icoso/biographies/munir_elkassem.shtml - INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER PUTS CANADIAN KNOW-HOW ON THE MAP
Prof. Waguih El Maraghy
http://www.ims.uwindsor.ca/people/wem - ELECTRICAL ENGINEER HAS EXCELLED IN GOVERNMENT & ACADEMIA
Prof. Ezz El-Masry
http://vlsi.electricalcomputerengineering.dal.ca/personnel/director.htm - PROF, ENGINEER, AUTHOR & SCHOLAR SERVES CANADA IN MANY ROLES
Prof. Mohamed Elmasry
http://www.canadianislamiccongress.com/board/elmasry.php - CANADIAN MUSLIM TEACHES THEOLOGY AT A CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY IN LOS ANGELES
Dr. Amir Hussain
http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/theology/amir/ - A BUSINESSMAN & SKILLED POLITICIAN
Rahim Jaffer, MP
http://www.rahimjaffer.com/EN/about_rahim/ - HE’S DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF ‘THINKING’ COMPUTERS
Prof. Mohamed S. Kamel
http://www.chairs.gc.ca/web/chairholders/viewprofile_e.asp?id=744 - WIDE-RANGING TALENTS SERVE CANADA’S LEGAL PROFESSION
Muslim Lawyers
http://www.muslimlaw.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=printpage&artid=5 - OTTAWA PROF IS INTERNATIONAL OPTICAL NETWORKS EXPERT
Prof. Hussein Mouftah
http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~mouftah/Biography/index.html - WELL KNOWN MEDICAL RESEARCHER AND FIRST DIRECTOR OF PAIN RESEARCH AND CARE INSTITUTE
Dr. Akbar A. Panju
http://www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/paininstitute/panju.htm - HE’S ADMINISTRATOR, MEDIATOR, LEADER & PASSIONATE VOLUNTEER
Abdul Hai Patel
http://www.electpatel.com/about.html - GIFTED PHYSICIAN PROMOTES HEALTH CARE AT QUEEN’S PARK
Dr. Shafiq Qaadri, MPP
http://www.shafiqqaadri.onmpp.ca/biography.htm - YOUNG MPP SUPPORTS NEW CANADIANS TO REBUILD CAREERS
Khalil Ramal, MPP
http://www.khalilramal.onmpp.ca/ - NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS IN 1979
Prof. M Abdus Salam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdus_Salam - CANADIAN INVENTOR OF ‘BIONIC EYE’ HELPS BLIND TO SEE
Dr. Mohamad Sawan
http://www.polystim.ca (this link is currently available in French only) - CANADIAN ARTIST PAINTS WITH A DYNAMIC GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Dr. Ibrahim (Abraham) Shalaby
http://www.jorpalart.com/biography.htm - MD IS DEDICATED TO EXCELLENCE IN ORGAN TRANSPLANT RESEARCH
Dr. Ahmed Shoker
http://www.usask.ca/mindfields/db/9/139.html - SCIENTIST & ENGINEER HEADS CANADA’S 3rd LARGEST UNIVERSITY
Prof. Mamdouh Shoukri
http://www.yorku.ca/secretariat/board/biography/shoukri.htm - MEDIA LEADER GIVES PRINT JOURNALISM A MULTICULTURAL EDGE
Haroon Siddiqui
http://www.rrj.ca/issue/2002/spring/364/ - CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT HAS PASSION FOR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
Khalid Usman
http://www.khalidusman.com/pages/MeetKhalid.htm - NEUROSURGEON UNLOCKS THE SECRETS OF EPILEPSY
Dr. Taufik Valiante
http://www.surg.med.utoronto.ca/faculty/valiante.html - ECLECTIC IS ONLY THE BEGINNING FOR GIFTED CANADIAN MUSICIAN
Dawud Wharnsby-Ali
http://www.wharnsby.com/Biography/ - LEADING HI-TECH INNOVATOR COMBINES PATENTS & PHILANTHROPY
Dr. Hatim Zaghloul
http://www.hzaghloul.com/index.php?idMain=2&idSub=18
NOTE:
The above is only a partial list. It includes only some Canadian Muslims whose bio’s are posted on their web pages.
If you know a Canadian Muslim who we should add to this list of “Canadian Muslims Who’s Who” please email us his / her web biography page or a 500 word bio and his / her contact info.
Thank you.
