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About Wael Abdelgawad
- Wael Abdelgawad (born May 2, 1965) is an American-born novelist, web developer and martial artist, best known for founding one of the first online Muslim matchmaking services, and for his fictional portrayals of American Muslims.
- As a columnist for the multi-author blog MuslimMatters.org, he has published a series of online novels that have garnered popular attention from Muslim readers.
- His writings are often quoted on social media websites such as Tumblr, Facebook and Twitter.Wael is the founder of Zawaj.com, an online Muslim matrimonial service.
- Founded in 1998, it was one of the first such services created, and is the oldest still extant.
- Abdelgawad also founded the popular IslamicAnswers.com website, which provides advice to people with marriage and family problems.
- In 2010, his blog IslamicSunrays.com was nominated for a Brass Crescent award.Wael is the author of Pieces of a Dream, a novel set in San Francisco and depicting the spiritual journey of a taxi driver and Iraq war veteran named Louis.
- The novel belongs to the relatively new English-language genre known as Muslim fiction.
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