ARTS CONTEST 2013

Café a la Fikr

Agenda

Welcoming remarks Feroze Shaik Café history, mission and goals Saud Ashraf Café Arts Contest Ali Issa Sponsors and Judges recognition Imad Shammaa Winner announcements Ali Issa

History

2004 2008 2011

Café a la Fikr

Mission

To kindle self-awareness

and inspire actions of virtue

Goals

To hold social forums in a respectful manner with acceptance of each other’s different viewpoints

To facilitate discussion through ASPIRE: A dvancement in humanity S ocial sensitivities P olitical sensibilities I ntellectual reflections R eligious transformations E conomic awareness To build broader understanding of societal

responsibilities

Café a la Fikr

Founding board members Dr. Saud Ashraf – Chair Dr. Ammar Almehmi

Steering committee Ali Issa/President Feroze Shaik/Secretary

Associates Dr. Samer Nasher Dr. Aneel Chowdhary Dr. Yusuf Khan Mr. Aftab Ahmad – IT support Mr. Basem Dahshan – IT support Mr. Amer Zanabli – IT support

Advisory Committee

Asad Khan, Esq. - Chair Imad Shammaa , DMD - Vice Chair Uzma Shabih - Secretary Maysoun Al-Asadi Mariya Tayyab Hazem Ashhab, MD Mouaz Haffar Nadir Mirza Asma Yousaf , CPA Ehtesham Ul Haque, PhD Aftab Ahmad

Café Arts Contest

Theme

Inspiring Action around

Social Causes

Café Arts Committee

Asad Khan Imad Shammaa Aftab Ahmad Uzma Shabih Asma Yousaf Maysoun Al Asadi Aneel Choudhary Stacie Issa Rubina Tabassum Feroze Shaik Saud Ashraf

Café Arts Sponsors

Bassam Moushmoush, MD Bassam Haffar, MD Shammaa Orthodontics - Imad Shammaa, DMD Neurology and Pain Center, PLLC. Samer Nasher, MD Riad Alasbahi, MD Charleston Nephrology, Hypertension and

Transplant, PLLC. Abdul Rahman Zanabli, MD

Café Arts Sponsors

Asad Khan and Shehna Khan Chesapeake Medical Center -

Ghali Bacha, MD & Youmna Mousattat, MD Zafrullah Khan, MD Aesthetique Cosmetics & Plastic Surg. Khalique S. Zahir, M.D. Imran Khawaja, MD Masood Akhtar – FMTC, IRA Custodian Farrukh Jalisi, MD

Ms. Homaira Ahmed- Judge

Dr. Jeffrey C. Ruff- Judge

Dr. Clay McNearney- Judge

Dr. Ron Buckalew- Judge

Mr. Amine Otmani- Judge

Top Ten Submissions

1. Muhammad Yousaf - Islamic Justice 2. Deena Dahshan - The Ummah 3. Yasmeen Dahshan - Hajj: A Model for Mankind 4. Obadah Moushmoush - The Bomb-astic Silence 5. Leesah Al-Qawasmi - Peace 6. John Dingess - Manifest Destiny 7. Basem Dahshan - Daughters of Eve: Islam and Feminism 8. Ahmed Zanabli - Tolerance: A Primary Building Block 9. Mahaa Ahmed - An-Nisa: The Face of Muslim Women 10. Kareem Shammaa - War

Third Prize $500

Mr. Obadah Moushmoush “The Bomb-astic Silence”

Second Prize $750

Mr. Maher Shammaa “Bleeding”

First Prize $1,000

Ms. Mahaa Ahmed “An-Nisa: The Face of Muslim Women”

Café a la Fikr “When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of

people: those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happened”

~ John M. Richardson, Jr. Professor of International Development American University , Washington, DC