Speakers Network:

The demand for speakers in the Muslim community is ever growing. All thanks be to Allah, MAS DC has a great group of qualified brothers and sisters who are well versed in Islam and can address the community with great substantial and relevant information. Some of the programs our speakers can cover include, but are not limited to:

1. Friday Sermons (Khutbas)
2. Special Seminars (Prayer Seminars, Marriage Seminars, etc)
3. MSA Programs

To request a speaker please send an email to speakers@masdc.org or call (703) 624-9096.

List of Speakers:

• Tammam Dandashi
• Dr. Souheil Ghannouchi
• Dr. Essam Omeish

Tammam Dandashi is the Vice President of MAS DC and a Network Engineer by profession. Dandashi has played various key roles in the development of the DC community throughout the past decade. He is a regular speaker for teens and specializes in giving lectures about the Biography of the Prophet Mohammed (pbuh). He is married and has two daughters.

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Dr. Souheil Ghannouchi was born in Tunisia to a religious family. Growing up, he was a student activist and a veteran of the Tunisian Student Movement. In his studies, Ghannouchi focused on Chemical Engineering, for which he got his PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Currently Ghannouchi is working as the Executive Director of the Muslim American Society, a grass root Islamic movement that strives to establish Islam as a comprehensive way of life. He is also the Editor-in-chief of the American Muslim Magazine. He served as President and Imam of the Islamic center of Madison for several years. Ghannouchi is married and has 3 children.

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Dr. Essam Omeish, born and raised in Tripoli , Libya, studied at Georgetown University, graduating with a double major in International Relations and Biology in 1989.  He was admitted to the Georgetown University School of Medicine and was the only foreign student to gain admission in a pool of over 6000 candidates for less than 180 positions. While at Georgetown, Omeish established the Muslim Students Association chapter there becoming its first president and developing it to become nominated to the prestigious award of the most active club on campus in less than two years. He also helped establish and chaired the MSA Council for the Washington DC metropolitan area MSAs during his tenure at Georgetown. During that period Omeish also served as the US East Zone representative of National MSA, eventually becoming the President of National MSA for two years in the early 1990s.

Subsequently and after the emergence of Muslim American Society in 1993 with the new vision of making America home for Islam and Muslims, Omeish, who was one of the champions of that vision, served as the first chairperson of its Youth Department and subsequently served in its executive committees. He has been involved in national affairs of MAS since its inception and has held different regional and local leadership capacities. He has been a member of the elected general assembly of MAS several times and served as a president of the chapters of New Jersey and Washington DC prior to being elected to the national board of Trustees of MAS during the term of 2000-2004. Omeish was re-elected to the board of Trustees by the highest number of votes of the elected membership of the general assembly of MAS and subsequently, elected as the president of MAS by the newly elected board of trustees of MAS national for the term of 2004-2008.

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