I was born in Berkeley, California (technically in Oakland), spent my childhood in Egypt, teenage years in Kuwait, undergraduate in Newfoundland, back to California for graduate studies in Stanford, a couple of years in Gainesville, FL, then back to silicon valley for work. I came to McMaster University (that’s in Hamilton, ON) as a professor in Electrical Engineering in 2002.
My wife Hebba and I have been blessed al-hamdulillah, with two wonderful boys: Mustafa Abdullah (b. 1995) and Mahmood Omar (b. 1998). We live in Oakville, halfway between Hamilton and Toronto, to be closer to an Islamic school that they go to.
Professionally, I do research in semiconductors and teach electronics to both undergraduate and graduate students. I am also interested in engineering education, research on teaching and learning styles, and research on the interaction between religion, technology, society, and culture.
I am currently a director of the Muslim Association of Canada (MAC) and I’ve been active with MAS and MAC for some time now al-hamdulillah. I am heavily involved with the MSA at McMaster, and I serve on the boards for Islamic Relief USA and Islamic Relief Canada. I have had the privilege of speaking on Islam and related topics in a variety of venues. I particularly enjoy speaking about the Quran, spirituality, and activism.
With Sh. Abdallah Ben Bayyah and then-Mayor
Larry Di Ianni of Hamilton during Sh. Ben Bayyah’s
first visit to Canada.
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