Name: Muhammed Fazeel

Recipient Year: 2017

Description: Muhammed Fazeel is one of the founding members of MPlus, a youtube channel dedicated to showcasing the diversity of Muslims through the similarities they have with the community. The first series M+Food is focused on exploring halal restaurants and hearing about the owner’s stories. The second series is M+Humanity.He is also the founder of Benecure. His work has been published in Forbes, The Chicago Sun Times, Chicago Tribune, and featured on CCTV America among others. Additionally, he has spoken at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, TEDxIIT, World Islamic Economic and Finance Forum, the American Islamic and Economic Finance Conference, North American Professionals & Entrepreneurs Council Conference, and several university forums. Muhammed is passionate about food, highlighting diversity and helping folks solve challenging problems that affect large segments of the population. He is an alumnus from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

Sponsor: American Muslim Storytellers Grant

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/muhammedfazeel1/