MSA West Board Members

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West Coast MSAs

Board Biographies

	Haidar Ali Anwar Born and raised in the small Muslim community of Merced, California, Haidar was not exposed to the dealings of the world outside of his bubble. Coming into UCLA opened up many doors for him, one being the Muslim Student Association. Being a 3rd year, active member of the UCLA MSA allowed Haidar to grow as a person and gain a deeper understanding of Islam. Developing a passion for civic activism, Haidar strove to represent the Muslim community in the best manner possible. He was inspired to reach out to Muslim Student Associations beyond the local level, and become part of a movement uniting Muslim students all over the West Coast. This encourages Haidar in working to support others, displaying Islam in a positive light, and maintaining well-defined relations with his non-Muslim brothers and sisters in humanity.  Haidar's hobbies include: Community Service, Reading Fiction, Spending Time with Family & Friends, Networking, Watching Movies, Pulling Pranks, and Traveling the World
	Sophia Taleghani Sophia Taleghani is a second-year at UC Davis double majoring in Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior and Middle East/South Asia Studies. She's loves being a part of the MSA West team because of the inspirations she gets from her fellow board members. Her hobbies include walking, volunteering, laser tagging like a ninja, and driving fast.
	Zohal Abdurahman Coming soon :) inshaAllah.
	Aliyah Mohammed Aliyah Mohammed is an aspiring journalist and passionate advocate for civil rights and social justice. Aliyah decided she wanted to be a journalist when she was 11-years-old, when she realized there was a decided lack of Muslim representation in the media shortly after 9/11 and has been on the same track since then, Alhamdulillah. At De Anza College, Aliyah started off as a reporter for “La Voz Weekly” before becoming Deputy Editor and then Managing Editor of the paper. She was also involved in organizing with Students for Justice, the MSA and other campus organizations. Aliyah was a Media Relations Intern at CAIR for two summers-- a counselor to students attending the Muslim Youth Leadership Program in Sacramento each year--as well as interning most recently at the Post Papers and NBC Bay Area. Aliyah transferred to U.C. Berkeley in fall 2011 and is now an incoming Senior Media Studies and English double major. She is a news reporter with Berkeley’s newspaper “the Daily Californian” and has the pleasure of writing on a wide range of topics that affect Berkeley students and the greater comumunity. She is also a huge soccer fan, and dreams of one day seeing a Manchester United match at Old Trafford Stadium. Aliyah is a an outspoken proponent of women’s rights, civil rights, justice in minority communities, and in particular advocating for a shift to fair trade products to abolish modern day slavery. Aliyah is a coffee, adrenaline, the show "Castle," and old book collecting junkie. If she wasn't going to be a journalist she would be the awesomest F.B.I. agent you have never heard of.
	Urooj Husain Urooj Husain is a University of California Riverside student who pursuing a bachelors degree in Sociology with a minor in Business Administration. Urooj hopes to bridge all of the MSA's in the West Coast in order to strengthen the immediate Ummah and the Ummah at large inshaAllah. Her hobbies include do-it-yourself projects, cooking, exploring nature, and creating awesome jewelry. Currently, Urooj is working on a super-secret jewelry store that she hopes to unveil to the world, soon!
	Sarra Hilali Sarra is a native Nor-Cal-Gal and has lived there her entire life aside from two years spent in Singapore. She is currently a Biology and History double Major entering her third year at Santa Clara University. She serves on the Board of her school's MSA and MultiCultural Center and spends her weekends hanging out at the Weekend Islamic School at the MCA. Her hobbies include finding and eating LEGIT food as well as biking, quilting and knitting. She hopes to one day travel the world to photograph it's beautiful mosques as well as study classical Arabic and strengthen her deen.
	Sumaiya Haq Sumaiya Haq is a fourth year at UCSD and is pursuing a major in Biochemistry with a minor in Human Development. Sumaiya strives to serve students and work towards bringing us all closer as an ummah. She hopes to enrich herself personally as well because there is a lot to learn in working with such an awesome org! Sumaiya loves reading, writing and constructing things out of recycled cardboard.
	Asim Khan Asim Khan is currently a Computer Information Systems major with a focus on really cool batman-esque detective work at Cal Poly Pomona. He is a fifth year (high five super seniors!) and is excited to give what ever value he can towards the foundations of how MSA West utilizes social media and web presence. He hopes to increase MSA West's interaction with the new generation of students who always seem to be connected. In his free time, Asim loves trying new things, having an adventure, creating art, hiking, trying to be witty (most of the time failing), and reading!