The Muslim Interscholastic Tournament (MIST) is a 3-day tournament held in several regions across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The tournament gives young Muslim high school students a chance to showcase their talents and creative abilities in various competitions, including non-religious competitions like short film, mobile app development and poetry to more Islam-centric competitions such as a religious knowledge test and memorization of the Quran. Overview There are two levels of MIST competitions: regional (qualifiers) and national. As of 2019, regional MIST tournaments either occur over a single weekend or are divided into three days over two weekends. For regional tournaments taking place over two weekends, Saturday and Sunday are reserved for competitions, and an awards ceremony takes place on the following Sunday. For regional tournaments taking place over a single weekend, competitions take place Saturday and Sunday while the awards ceremony takes place on the same Sunday. Trophies and medals are given to the top three places of various competitions, qualifying them for the national tournament held in the summer. The national MIST tournament, however, takes place over three consecutive days on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The awards ceremony takes place on the same Sunday evening. <https://www.getmistified.com/competitions></https://www.getmistified.com/competitions> History MIST was founded by Shazia Siddiqi in 2002 at Houston, Texas and the non-profit has been completely run by volunteers ever since. Competitions Category I: Knowledge and Quran Knowledge Tests Quran Memorization Category II: Arts 2D Art 3D Art Fashion Design Graphic Design Photography Category III: Writing and Oratory Extemporaneous Essay Extemporaneous Speaking Original Oratory Poetry Prepared Essay Short Fiction Spoken Word Category IV: Brackets Debate Math Olympics MIST Quiz Bowl Improv Category V: Group Projects Business Venture Nasheed Humanitarian Service (formerly Community Service) Science Fair Short Film Social Media Category VI: Sports Basketball Participation Regions Below is a list of regions that host their own regional tournaments and participate in the national tournament, listed alphabetically. Atlanta Boston Chicago Columbus Dallas Detroit Florida Houston Nashville New Jersey New York NorCal Philadelphia Richmond Seattle St. Louis SusCal (Southern California) Toronto United Kingdom Washington D.C. Board Members Founder & Executive Director: Shazia Siddiqi Regional Directors Atlanta: Sameera Omar Berkeley: Zeerek Ahmed Boston: Sarah Fahmy Chicago: Tehreem Hussain Columbus: Fatimah Masood Detroit: Hassan Ahmed Houston: Zain Khan Irvine: Ameera Jafrey Nashville: Hala Zein-Sabatto New Jersey: Gia Farooqi New York: Farzana Yeasmin Orlando: Zaid Dabus Philadelphia: Tamim Hossain Richmond: Samah Mohamed St.