AWARDS
Graduate Dean's Award for the School of Arts
This award is given to a student in recognition of outstanding service to the College or the community and/or scholarly or creative accomplishment. Emerson College, April 2019.
The M.F.A Writing Scholarship
The MFA Writing Scholarship was established in 2003. It is awarded on the basis of excellence in writing to students in the Master of Fine Arts in Writing program. Students are selected by the Chair of the WLP program and the Director of Financial Aid. Emerson College, December 2018.
Islamic Scholarship Fund Recipient
The Islamic Scholarship Fund increases American Muslim representation in media and politics in order to improve public opinion and policy.
Honorable Mention for Fiction Short Story, Nazir Graduate Award offered by guest judge, Nichole Bernier. Emerson College, May, 2018.
“This highly evocative piece plants the reader in the streets and markets of Karachi, following a 15-year-old houseboy through a new placement working with a family. The descriptive setting is established with authority, through the point of view of the boy in his first significant position away from home. The reader’s inclination to trust our main character makes the unflinching final scene all the more potent and chilling.”
Sullivan Leadership Award
This leadership award and full-ride scholarship is given to nine students each year to pursue an undergraduate degree at Seattle University. May 2013-2017, Seattle University.