Shaykh Ismael Essa

Ismael Essa is the Founder & Director of Tarteel Academy at MCGP: the Muslim Center of Greater Princeton. He is an Al-Azhar graduate with specialization in Qur’anic Sciences and the Ten recitations. He holds many Ijazaat (cerifications) for both reciting and teaching the Qur'an in all its 10 modes. 

Shaykh Ismael Essa has taught Tajweed, Qira’at and Qur’anic Sciences in multiple countries and has won many Qur’an competitions, locally and internationally. He started leading Taraweeh at the age of 13.