Question 1: My schedule is very busy; can you have a very flexible teaching schedule?
Yes, my teaching schedule is very flexible, in accordance with your schedule.

Question 2: What kinds of students do you teach?
I teach students of different ages and backgrounds, including kids, teenagers, university students, businessmen and women, etc. According to their ages and backgrounds, I design curriculum to meet different needs of my students.

Question 3: What is your favorite class to teach?
If I had to pick a favorite I think I'd say Mathematics, Computer and Statistics. For me the joy of teaching courses like that stems from my being a Muslim and getting to explain something with respect to our daily life. I like exposing people to what the applications they observe, and explaining things about it they probably didn't know or realize before. They get to learn to identify what’s a use of these subjects in our daily lives, look through calculations and they learn the answers to questions like "do mathematics and statistics really exist?" I also like teaching physics and economics because of the diverse mix of people in the class. Many of them have backgrounds very different from my own, and that helps make the class more interesting and fun for me.

Question 4: In your opinion, why were you selected for awards?
I'm concerned about communicating the material effectively and explaining concepts. I try to make the harder ideas easier to learn and understand. I have an enormous interest in the subject material of my courses myself and students pick up on that. I'm also very interested in the teaching / learning process and I really enjoy teaching my students. My wife and I are home schooling our son so teaching and learning are a big part of our family life too.

I'm the sort of person who is concerned far more for the person than the grade he or she receives in my class. I believe that from Allah's point of view people are important regardless of their socio-economic background, ethnicity, or grade-point average.

Question 5: What do you like best about your job?
I like both the research and teaching aspects of my job equally. The thing I like most about my research is when we learn something new, something that nobody has realized before. For me the best part of the teaching is the relationships and interactions with the students. Teaching would be no fun without the students! My wife and I have kept in touch with some students for years after the course. It's always rewarding to see people learn and apply what they've learned. I should also add that I don't see a sharp line between teaching and research.

Question 6: What do you enjoy most about life?
I enjoy my family, my wife and kid, teaching, research, and my hobbies. Music is a large part of my life. I've been fairly serious about listening classical music. I also watch art movies.

Question 7: What is your greatest achievement professionally?
My main area of research is on students. These are tremendous expressions of energy from around wonderful huge reservoirs in the very centers of the world. This is what I've had most of my research funding for studying. My wife and I have made a number of discoveries about these reservoirs and how students work.

Question 8: What is your greatest achievement personally?
It's something I don't really think about. I'm a parent, professor, researcher...can I just say that? I don't normally think about that kind of thing.

Question 9: What reason should students choose to come to you?
Kif is a good value for your money. All institutes offer about the same education. We don't have the prestige of an Ivy League school, but we use the same textbooks and offer just as good an education at a fraction of the cost. We are a major research institute, and there's not a lot separating us from other major research institutes. Most of our courses are taught by qualified faculty, many of them are on the cutting edge of research into their subject matter. This means that undergraduates have a chance to also get involved in that research.

I believe Kif is a great place to learn. I've taught at a number of other institutions, some of which certainly regard themselves as more prestigious than Kif, but my wife and I plan on sending our kids here rather than to one of those other institutes.

If you have more questions, please feel free to contact me! I will respond to you very quickly!