2015-2016
Halah Ahmad
Harvard College
Halah works with Professor Rabb on the SHARIAsource project and the Judicial Procedure conference.
Mariam Boxwala
JD Candidate, 2016
Marian received an ILSP Winter Term grant for travel to Pakistan for a legal aid internship and research on women and minorities.
Sarah Mokh
Harvard College
Sarah works with Professor Rabb on the SHARIAsource project and the Judicial Procedure conference.
Anwar Omeish
Harvard College
Anwar works with Professor Rabb on the SHARIAsource project and the Judicial Procedure conference.
Noor Zafar
JD Candidate, 2016
Noor serves as a research assistant for Intisar Rabb, working on SHARIAsource and related issues of Islamic law, as well as on issues of American criminal law.
2014–2015
Patricia Alejandro
JD Candidate, 2017
Patricia served as a research assistant for Professor Rabb, researching issues related to digital Islamic law. Summer 2014.
Rachel Cook, J.D. (Washington Law School)
MA Candidate, Middle East Studies, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
Rachel served as a research associate for ILSP researching matters of digital Islamic law. Summer 2014.
Reina Gattuso, B.A.
BA 2015, Harvard College
Reina was an ILSP student assistant, primarily working on social media and researching matters of digital Islamic law.
Katherine Gonzalez
JD Candidate, 2017
Katie served as a research assistant for Professor Rabb during the summer of 2014 and throughout the following academic year, researching issues related to digital Islamic law.
Casey Holzapfel, J.D.
JD 2015
Casey served as a research assistant for Professor Rabb, researching issues related to digital Islamic law.
Rauvin Johl
JD Candidate, 2017
Rauvin served as a research assistant for Professor Rabb, researching issues related to digital Islamic law. Summer 2014.
Paul D. Lee, J.D.
JD 2015
Travel Grant Recipient
Research Topic: Islamic Securities Regulation in Dubai
Rachel Mazzarella, J.D.
JD 2015
Rachel served as a research assistant for Professor Rabb, researching issues related to digital Islamic law.
Michael Perloff
JD Candidate, 2017
Michael served as a research assistant for Professor Rabb, researching issues related to digital Islamic law. Summer 2014.
Aya Saed
JD Candidate, 2017
Aya served as a research assistant for Professor Rabb during the of 2014 and throughout the following academic year, researching issues related to digital Islamic law.
Marzieh Tofighi, LL.M.
LLM 2015
Marzieh was the winner of the first annual ILSP Writing Prize on Islamic Law for her paper, “Jurisprudential Differences in Sunnī Law and Shī’ī Law and Their Impact on Constitutional Drafting and Design.” Marzieh also served as a research assistant for Professor Rabb, researching issues related to digital Islamic law.
Pamela Yaacoub
JD Candidate, 2017
Pamela served as a research assistant for Professor Rabb, researching issues related to digital Islamic law. Summer 2014.
2013–2014
Akhila Kolisetty, J.D.
Travel Grant
Research Topic: Legal rights of Muslim women in rural communities in India
Matthew Steele, Ph.D. (NELC)
Travel Grant
Research Topic: History of Islamic Juridical Scholarship in Mauritania
2012–2013
Anna Gressel, J.D.
Travel Grant
Research Topic: Moroccan Criminal Procedure
Daniel McMann, J.D.
Travel Grant
Intership, Supreme Court of Pakistan
2011–2012
Ramy Ibrahim, J.D.
Travel Grant
Research Topic: Research on the rules and practices regarding inheritance law in the Islamic world, particularly the United Arab Emirates.
Ankita Ritwik, J.D.
Travel Grant
Research Topic: The Impact of the Headscarf Ban on Women’s Economic Rights in Turkey
2010–2011
Sarah Al-Naggar, S.J.D.
Travel Grant
Summer research at the University of Oxford’s Center for Islamic Studies
Mina Khalil, J.D.
Travel Grant
Research Topic: Constitutional Protections of Religious Minorities in Egypt
Taylor Landis, J.D.
Travel Grant
Research Topic: Study of the situation of Palestinian refugees
Chelsea Sharon, J.D.
Travel Grant
Research Topic: Strategic approaches for navigating the challenges Lebanon faces in hosting a large Palestinian refugee population
Nimer Sultany, S.J.D.
Travel Grant
Research Topic: Presented two papers at Law and Society Association annual meeting
2009–2010
None awarded
2008–2009
Shahira Ali, J.D.
Travel Grant
Research Topic: Research in Egypt with the National Council for Human Rights
Mbabazi Kasara, J.D.
Travel Grant
Research Topic: Research in Indonesia on the avian flu pandemic and the obligations of countries
Anna Su, LL.M.
Travel Grant
Research Topic: Presented paper, “Creating Constitutional Spaces: Islam, Federalism and the Moro Struggle in the Philippines” at 4th Cornell Inter-University Graduate Student Conference
2007–2008
None awarded
2006–2007
Erica Gaston, J.D.
Travel Grant
Research Topic: Judiciary and Political Control of Private Security Companies in Afghanistan
Ryan Rowberry (J.D.) and John Khalil (J.D.)
Travel Grant
Research Topic: Present Interpretation of Classical Coptic Texts on Family Law
Hengameh Saberi, S.J.D.
Travel Grant
Research Topic: Development of International Law in Non-Western Contexts
2004–2005
Saratu Grace Nafziger, J.D.
Travel Grant
Research Topic: The Effects of the 1999 Reintroduction of Shari`a Law on Women in Northern Nigeria
2003–2004
Abdul Baasit, L.L.M.
Travel Grant
Research Topic: Using Qadi courts to administer Islamic family law in Ghana
May Khalife, L.L.M.
Travel Grant
Research Topic: Establishing Islamic banks in Lebanon
Mansoor Shakil, L.L.M.
Travel Grant
Travel to Bahrain, the UAE, and Pakistan to research the Islamic banking industry with regard to regulation
2002–2003
Sam Amadi, S.J.D.
Travel Grant
Research Topic: Freedom of Religion and Plural Democracy: The Case of Shari’a in Northern Nigeria
Pascale Fournier, S.J.D.
Travel Grant
Attended a training course at Institute for Women’s Studies and Research, Tehran
Margaret Parker-Yavuz, J.D.
Travel Grant
Research Topic: The Relationship between Alevi procedural law and Alevi theology
Mahama Ayariga, LL.M.
Travel Grant
Research Topic: Reforming Muslim marriage and divorce registration legislation in Ghana
2001–2002
Dina Dudkin, J.D.
Travel Grant
Research on how the instincts behind human behavior can be used to better understand the law (Casablanca)
Pascale Fourner, LL.M.
Travel Grant
Presented paper, “The Erasure of Islamic Difference in Canadian and American Family Law Adjudication” at the Arab Women’s Solidarity Association conference
Osman Handoo, J.D.
Travel Grant
Research on the junction of Sufism and law (Cairo)
Fatma Marouf, J.D.
Travel Grant
Work with students at the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana to address solutions to health care and sanitation problems (Accra)
2000–2001
Aneelah Afzali, J.D.
Travel Grant
Travel to Israel, West Bank, and Gaza as part of delegation from the National Lawyers Guild
Naz Modirzadeh, J.D.
Travel Grant
Internship at the main office of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
1999–2000
Adeel Abdullah Mangi, LL.M.
Travel Grant
Research Topic: Islamic Blasphemy Laws: The Pakistani Experience
1998–1999
None awarded
1997–1998
Fatima Farooq, LL.M.
Travel Grant
Research Topic: The Role of Law in Legitimating Use of Force: A Study of Nuclear Weapons
1996–1997
Tara Dawood, J.D.
Travel Grant
Research Topic: The First Women’s Bank of Pakistan
Walid Hegazy, S.J.D.
Travel Grant
Research Topic: Islamic Instruments for Infrastructure Financing
Kamal Mahmoud Mian, LL.M.
Travel Grant
Research Topic: Mudaraba Financing
Osama Siddique, LL.M.
Travel Grant
Research Topic: Independence of the Judiciary in Pakistan
1995–1996
Muneer Ahmad, J.D.
Travel Grant
Research Topic: Participatory Projects in the Pakistan Human Rights Movement: A Personal Description and Critique of the AGHS Legal Aid Cell