Meet the board
Usul.AI is a project of the Seemore Foundation, whose board comprises distinguished experts in Islamic research and in new technology. Each are leaders in their respective fields, with decades of experience in pioneering the way we access and engage knowledge. Together, they ensure that the organization advances its mission.
Intisar Rabb
She is a Professor of law and history at Harvard, specializing in criminal law and interpretation (usul al-fiqh). She leads the Program in Islamic Law and the SHARIAsource Lab , and IslamicLawBlog.
Zeki Mokhtarzada
He is a serial entrepeneur and technology innovator. He has served as CTO to various start-ups and has co-founded multiple ventures, including webs.com (acquired by Vistaprint) and Truebill (now Rocket Money).
Adnan Zulfiqar
He is a Professor of law at Boston College Law School, where he teaches and writes on criminal law and the laws of war. He helped draft the Islamic criminal codes for the Maldives and Somalia.
Meet the Team
The Usul team is made up of engineers, designers, and researchers passionate about building digital tools to transform Islamic research.
Engineering & Operations
Software Engineer
Anas Hassanien
He is a software engineer with full-stack experience, who previously served at Simli AI. He leads the development of core products as Usul.AI.
Director of Operations
Abtsam Saleh
She is a PhD candidate at Harvard University researching the social dimensions of humancentered technologies, and serves as an administrator and researcher at Usul.AI, where she directs operations and bridges engineering and research.
Research & Digitization
Digitization Lead
Ahmet Aktan
He is a researcher who holds a PhD in Islamic Studies from Al-Azhar University. He leads the digitization team and efforts to expand the collections at Usul AI.
Researcher
Ryad Ramo
He is a researcher of Islamic knowledge and history, holds a BA in Islamic Studies, and founded the publication the Gems of Al-Andalus. He works on book-digitization and annotation at Usul AI.
Researcher
Ismail Safadi
He is a researcher who specializes in Hanafi fiqh. He studied at the University of Jordan and in Turkey. He works on book digitization and annotation at Usul AI.
Usul AI Alumni
Former CEO
Abdellatif Abdelfattah
He is an engineer who served as a co-founding engineer at Tarteel AI and our own Usul AI. He previously lead engineering at Quran.com and worked at Twitter.
Former Lead Engineer
Ahmed Riad
He is a software engineer who served as founding-engineer at at several start-ups (including Remail AI, Betterbook, and our own Usul AI). he also served as an engineer at Qur'an.com.
Localization Lead
Rahma Fateen
Rahma lead Arabic localization at Tarteel AI. She was a translator at Human Rights Watch.