Name: Fahad Sajid

Recipient Year: 2010|2016|2019

Major: Political Science

Description: Fahad Muhammad Sajid is currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in Political Science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he is also the President of the Pakistani Students’ Association and the Michigan Squash Association. He enjoys weight-lifting and likes to write about religious tolerance, social issues affecting American Muslims and American foreign policy, especially with regard to the Middle East. His letter to President Obama was published in the foreign policy section of a book compiled by Professor Hanes Walton Jr. of the University of Michigan and others titled “Letters to President Obama”. He interned at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) during the summer of 2010 and hopes to attend law school starting Fall 2011 with a focus on constitutional and civil rights law. He hopes to use his education and experiences to become an advocate for American Muslims. UPDATE 2018: Fahad graduated in 2011. He is currently a PhD student of Political Science at the University of Chicago.

School Name: University of Chicago

Sponsor: Islamic Institute of Orange County (IIOC) Scholarship|Mohsen Mardi Scholarship

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fmsajid/