Winners from the DC MIST 2026 Tournament

The top 5 winners from all National competitions are eligible to compete at the MIST National tournament this summer!

All competitions marked with **asterisks** are regional pilot competitions and do not advance to the national tournament.

MIST Nationals 2026:

Category I: Knowledge and Quran

Knowledge Test- 1

#1 Noor Mohammed (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

Knowledge Test-2

#1 Ismail Khan (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

Knowledge Test-3

#1 Amjad Diaby X1A2Z-AP3OE (Muslim Community School (MCS Hawks))

Knowledge Test-4

#1 Neha Seman (Muslim Community School (MCS Hawks))

#2 Aisha Noor (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

#3 Melika Tofigh (Muslim Community School (MCS Hawks))

Quran Memorization - Level 1 - Male

#1 Yusuf Nuru (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

Quran Memorization - Level 1 - Female

#1 Jude Hejazi (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

#2 Kowthar Abdullahi (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

#3 Sameera Ahmed (Muslim Community School (MCS Hawks))

Quran Memorization - Level 2 - Male

#1 Owaiss Drissi (Eleanor Roosevelt High School)

Quran Memorization - Level 2 - Female

#1 Maha Awan (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

#2 Farah Khasawneh (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

Quran Memorization - Level 3 - Male

#1 Zakariya Faisal (Muslim Community Center (MCC))

#2 Omar Esayed (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

#3 Zahid Moghul (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

Quran Memorization - Level 3 - Female

#1 Ritedj Menasria (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

Quran Recitation - Male

#1 AbdurRahman (Colonel Zadok Magruder High School (Derwood, MD))

#2 Mohammed Aadil Rauf (Muslim Community School (MCS Hawks))

#3 Mahdi Apparisio (Muslim Community School (MCS Hawks))

Quran Recitation - Female

#1 Bayann Hamed (McLean High School (McLean, VA))

#2 Sumayyah Islam (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

#3 Fatimah Obaied (Muslim Community School (MCS Hawks))

#4 Norah Brahimi (Eleanor Roosevelt High School)

#5 Eklas Debencho (Montgomery Blair High School (Silver Spring, MD))

Category II: Arts

2D Art

#1 Nazira Tarim (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

#2 Muhammad Nawaz (Montgomery Blair High School (Silver Spring, MD))

#3 Kowthar Abdullahi (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

3D Art

#1 Rihana Sultan (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

#2 Zahirah Ossai (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

#3 Maha Awan (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

Fashion Design

#1 Fatimata Diallo Y90T2-L0VLP (DuVal High School (Lanham, MD))

Digital Art

#1 Aisha Noor (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

#2 Salsabil Chowdhury (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

#3 Kenza Diaby (Muslim Community School (MCS Hawks))

#4 Zakariya Faisal (Muslim Community Center (MCC))

#5 Entisar Neji (McLean High School (McLean, VA))

Photography

#1 Maysa Ahsan (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

#2 Raya Al-Chaderchi (McLean High School (McLean, VA))

#3 Romeesa Azad (Muslim Community Center (MCC))

**Scrapbook**

#1 Sameera Ahmed (Muslim Community School (MCS Hawks))

**Culinary Arts**

#1 Nadeen Salah (McLean High School (McLean, VA))

Category III: Writing and Oratory

Extemporaneous Essay

#1 Zakariya Faisal (Muslim Community Center (MCC))

#2 Maha Awan (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

Extemporaneous Speaking

#1 Zacharia Hakky (Muslim Community School (MCS Hawks))

#2 Ismail Khan (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

#3 Faris Ilyas (McLean High School (McLean, VA))

Original Oratory

#1 Maysa Ahsan (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

#2 Mahdi Apparisio (Muslim Community School (MCS Hawks))

#3 Syeda Jahan (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

Poetry

#1 Rahaf Hejazi (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

#2 Naziat Nida (Muslim Community School (MCS Hawks))

#3 Sumayyah Islam (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

#4 Jenna Hakky (Muslim Community School (MCS Hawks))

Prepared Essay

#1 Rahma Seiad (Colonel Zadok Magruder High School (Derwood, MD))

Short Fiction

#1 Asiya Williams (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

#2 Neha Seman (Muslim Community School (MCS Hawks))

Spoken Word

#1 Norah Brahimi (Eleanor Roosevelt High School)

#2 Haya Marouf (Eleanor Roosevelt High School)

Category IV: Brackets

Debate

#1 Ismat Jemal (Muslim Community Center (MCC))

#2 Faris Ilyas (McLean High School (McLean, VA))

#3 Saad Mahfuz (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

Math Olympics

#1 Nusaiba Zaheen (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

#2 Asiyah Kamulegeya (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

#3 Simra Hussain (McLean High School (McLean, VA))

MIST Quiz Bowl

#1 Muslim Community School (MCS Hawks)

#2 Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD)

Improv - Male

#1 Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD)

Hafiz Moghul

Taha Lemghari

Zahid Moghul

Harun Khan

Dawud Qaadri

Zakariya Qaadri

Improv - Female

#1 COALITION Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD), DuVal High School (Lanham, MD)

Arwaa Weathersby

Norah Brahimi

Fatimata Diallo

Category V: Group Projects

Business Venture

#1 Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD)

#2 Muslim Community School (MCS Hawks)

Humanitarian Service

#1 Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD)

#2 Muslim Community School (MCS Hawks)

#3 Colonel Zadok Magruder High School (Derwood, MD)

Nasheed/Rap - Male

#1 Montgomery Blair High School (Silver Spring, MD)

#2 Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD)

Nasheed/Rap - Female

#1 Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD)

#2 McLean High School (McLean, VA)

#3 Muslim Community School (MCS Hawks)

Science Fair

#1 Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD)

Short Film

#1 Muslim Community School (MCS Hawks)

#2 Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD)

#3 Montgomery Blair High School (Silver Spring, MD)

Social Media

#1 McLean High School (McLean, VA)

#2 Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD)

#3 Muslim Community School (MCS Hawks)

Category VI: Sports

Basketball - Male

#1 Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD)

Basketball - Female

#1 Muslim Community School (MCS Hawks)

#2 COALITION Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD), Al-Huda, Montgomery Blair High School (Silver Spring, MD)

MVP - Jenna Hakky (Muslim Community School (MCS Hawks))

**Soccer - Male**

#1 McLean High School (McLean, VA)

#2 COALITION Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD), Acellus Academy, and Muslim Community Center (MCC)

#3 Muslim Community School (MCS Hawks)

MVP - Zainaldin Alhammam (McLean High School (McLean, VA))

Category VIII: Misc. Sports

**Flag Football - Male**

#1 Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD) and Colonel Zadok Magruder High School (Derwood, MD)

#2 Muslim Community School (MCS Hawks)

MVP - Dawud Qaadri (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

Overall Individual

#1 Neha Seman (Muslim Community School (MCS Hawks))

#2 Ismail Khan (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

#3 Maysa Ahsan (Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD))

Overall Teams

#1 Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, MD)

#2 Muslim Community School (MCS Hawks)

#3 McLean High School (McLean, VA)