Present

Ph.D. Candidate in Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations (Arabic & Islamic Studies) with a focus on Islamic law at the University of Pennsylvania

2009

Masters of Arts in Liberal Studies with a concentration in International Affairs from Georgetown University.

2008

Juris Doctor (Law) from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

2007-2008

Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) Fellow in Damascus, Syria.  Private one-on-one study of comparative fiqh, Arabic grammar, Qur’an, tafsir and usul al-fiqh with various scholars.

2006

Summer Arabic program at Qasid Institute for Classical Arabic in Jordan

2002-2003

Under the tutelage of Sajid Hameed, Talib Mohsin, Mohammad Rafi Mufti, Sami Mufti, Semina Begum for studying Islamic Disciplines, Arabic language/literature and Persian.  In addition, under the guidance of Javed Ahmed Ghamidi regarding study of Islam.

2002

Arabic certificate course at Damascus University and intensive one-on-one study of Arabic nahw (grammar) and sarf (morphology) in Damascus, Syria.

2000

Bachelor of Arts, Religion and Anthropology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia (USA).  Intensive Arabic study at Arabic Language Institute (ALIF), Fes, Morocco

  1997

First introduction to Al-Mawrid Institute and formal study of exegesis of the final juz of the Qur’an with Dr. Shehzad Saleem.