McGill Institute of Islamic Studies' Student Council

Graduate Student Representatives for 2024-2025
McGill Institute of Islamic Studies' Student Council (MIISSC)

President Behzad Borhan
Academic Affairs Jaleh Ebrahimi
Financial Affairs shirin.najafian [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Shirin Najafian)
External Affairs/PGSS Rep sheheryar.ahmed [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Sheheryar Ahmed)
Library Representative anita.ahmadi [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Anita Ahmadi)
AGSEM Representative arteen.khachekyan [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Arteen Khachekyan)
Social Affairs  Salma Shaaban

The Smith's Tea is held bi-weekly and each time it is run by a volunteer on a certain theme.

MIISSC held its inaugural Graduate Student Symposium in April 2011. Since then, it has continued to be an opportunity for graduate students and junior scholars to come together and share their research and ideas. The Symposium Committee Members are: arteen.khachekyan [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Arteen Khachekyan), sheheryar.ahmed [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Sheheryar Ahmed), mahdieh.mazloomiabyaneh [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Mahdieh Mazloomi Abyaneh),  Jaleh Ebrahimishirin.najafian [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Shirin Najafian)Seddigheh Kardanayda.javidkourayem [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Ayda Javid-Kourayem) and Behzad Borhan

The conference is intended as a space where interdisciplinary approaches from the fields of history, literature, political science, religion, anthropology, philosophy, law, and art history may be brought to bear on the study of Islam.

For more information, please visit the MIISSC Symposium website.


MIISSC Statement on the Quebec Charter of Values


Undergraduate Student Representatives for 2024-2025

World Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies' Student Association (WIMESSA)

WIMESSA President

sarah.elobaidahmed [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Sarah Elobaid Ahmed)

VP Events

zainah.islam [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Zainah Islam)

VP External

myriam.tounekti [at] mcgill.ca (Myriam Tounekti)

VP Academic and Library Representative

sheida.mousavi [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Sheida Mousavi)

VP Internships & Exchange

alexia.santoromcgeorge [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Alexia Santoro)

VP Internal

selin.abali [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Selin Abali)

VP Finance

sonia.nouri [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Sonia Nouri)

For more information, please visit the WIMESSA facebook page.

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