Asad Ishoof

Asad Ishoof was born in Albion, Guyana on September 12, 1945. Asad was a proud graduate of Queens College in Georgetown, Guyana and attended Military School in the United Kingdom. Asad was a proud founding officer of the Guyana Defense Force and eventually rose to the rank of Captain and lead combat operations against Venezuela and the Dutch. Ishoof was afforded the privelege of placing the flag on Guyana's highest point Mt. Ayanganna to commemorate that nations independence on May 26, 1966. Following his service in the military, Asad proceeded to join Shell Oil International in the marketing department. In the years after Shell, Ishoof became an entrepreneur eventually overseeing a business spanning fertilizer, agricultural equipment, water resources, and energy throughout the caribbean and Americas. Asad migrated along with his wife Halima to America on July 17, 1978. Asad became active in the broader South Florida Community, including as a founding leader of Nur-Ul-Islam Masjid, CARDEV, and a number of other civic and political organizations. Asad and Halima are the proud parents of four children: Malika, Scheherazade, Sabriya, and Saif. He is the proud Grandfather of seve...[more]

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