Meet the board
Usul is a project of the Seemore Foundation, whose board comprises distinguished experts in research and technology, each with decades of experience in their respective fields. Together, they oversee the organization and ensure that it advances its mission.
Adnan Zulfiqar
Adnan specializes in Islamic and criminal law. He drafted criminal codes for Maldives and Somalia.
Intisar Rabb
Intisar is a law professor at Harvard. She leads SHARIAsource and the Program in Islamic Law.
Zeki Mokhtarzada
Zeki is an entrepreneur with deep technical expertise. He co-founded Freewebs and Truebill.
Meet the Team
The Usul team is made up of engineers, designers, and researchers passionate about building digital tools to transform Islamic research.
Engineering Team
Software Engineer
Anas Hassanien
Anas is a former software engineer at Simli AI. He leads the development of our core products.
Director of Operations
Abtsam Saleh
Abtsam is a PhD candidate at Harvard University researching the social dimensions of human-centered technologies.
Research & Annotation Team
Researcher
Ryad Ramo
Ryad is a researcher specializing in Islamic knowledge and history. He holds a BA in Islamic Studies and is the founder of Gems of Al-Andalus.
Researcher
Ismail Safadi
Ismail specializes in Hanafi fiqh. He studied at the University of Jordan and in Turkey.
Digitization Lead
Ahmet Aktan
Ahmed holds a PhD. from Al-Azhar University. He leads the digitization team and efforts.
Researcher
Ahmed Khan
Ahmed is a student at Zaytuna College. He's the creator of The Creative Minority podcast.
Past Team Members
Founding CEO
Abdellatif Abdelfattah
Abdellatif co-founded Tarteel AI, lead engineering at Quran.com, and worked at Twitter.
Founding Engineer
Ahmed Riad
Ahmed co-founded Remail AI, Betterbook, and was an engineer at Quran.com.
Head of Design
Mohamed Lamine
Mohamed was the design lead at Thmanyah, he consults with startups to build 0 to 1 products.
Localization Lead
Rahma Fateen
Rahma lead Arabic localization at Tarteel AI. She was a translator at Human Rights Watch.