McGill Institute of Islamic Studies Student Council

Graduate Student Representatives for 2023-2024
McGill Institute of Islamic Studies Student Council (MIISSC)

Co-Presidents Salma Ali Shaaban & Behzad Borhan
Academic Affairs Jaleh Ebrahimi
Finance Officer Sumaira Nawaz
External Affairs/PGSS Rep Seddigheh Kardan
Library Representatives Megan Martucci & shirin.najafian [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Shirin Najafian)
AGSEM Representative arteen.khachekyan [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Arteen Khachekyan)

Smith's Tea Chair: Seddigheh Kardan

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 Chair is: arteen.khachekyan [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Arteen Khachekyan). The Symposium Committee Members are: Amanda Tapp,rachel.habrih [at] mail.mcgill.ca ( Rachel Habrih), Megan Martucci, Salma Shaaaban, Seddigheh Kardan 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 2023-2024

World Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies Student Association (WIMESSA)

WIMESSA President

sofia.benfrej [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Sofia ben Frej)

VP Events

annabelle.defritsch [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Annabelle de Fritsch)

VP External

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

VP Academic and Library Representative

yasmin.khan2 [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Yasi Khan)

VP Internships & Exchange

megan.el-frensawi [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Megan El-Frensawi)

VP Internal

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

VP Finance

michaela.zollicoffer [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Michaela Zollicoffer)

For more information, please visit the WIMESSA facebook page.

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