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Tariqabjotu is the pseudonym for a member of the Class of 2011 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he studies civil engineering, with a secondary focus in Middle Eastern studies. His first name is not Tariq and his last name is not Abjotu. He loves to travel and spend time outside his home country of the United States, having studied for a year at the University of Cambridge, worked in Israel, India, and the United Kingdom, and visited two dozen other countries when time and finances permit. He has been a member of Wikipedia since 26 June 2005, an administrator since 17 November 2006, and a mediator for the Mediation Committee since 2 September 2007.
Tariqabjotu was born on December 25, 1988, in Boston but lived thirty miles north in Dracut, Massachusetts. After living there for nearly eight years (and going to school in Pelham, New Hampshire for two years), he moved to Silver Spring, Maryland. As a result of the move, he had gone to four different elementary schools in four consecutive school years.
 For as long as he can remember, he has been interested in traveling, maps, and the weather. Tariqabjotu has traveled extensively throughout the United States with his family and school, to places as far as San Francisco, the Grand Canyon, and St. Augustine, Florida. His only trips outside of the United States during childhood were to London, Paris, Montreal, Toronto, and Windsor, Ontario. But since then he has endeavored to travel, spending summers in Haifa, Cairo, and Bangalore, and, soon, a year at the University of Cambridge. Regarding the other two prescribed interests... one of his summer hobbies is hurricane tracking and he has (for the most part) memorized the Interstate Highway System. Perhaps one could see why he has taken such an interest in civil engineering and, tangentially, urban planning.
Beginning in 2004, the year before he joined Wikipedia, Tariqabjotu began soul-searching, taking an interest in Islam. A year later, in July 2005, he became a Muslim. Today, however, he does not profess full adherence to any religion as he now finds it too dogmatic for his philosophy. Nevertheless, Tariqabjotu remains greatly interested in Islamic ideals, while devoting time to studying and applying Jewish and Buddhist beliefs. Tariqabjotu strongly believes in religious pluralism and the concept of world citizenship. He consequently strives to keep his contributions on Wikipedia (and elsewhere) as objective as possible. Unfortunately, being one hundred percent devoid of bias is just about impossible.
Tariqabjotu's contributions have included extensive work on two featured articles, the nomination of a featured picture, and an article for the Main Page's "Did You Know":
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Israel (FAC)
nominated September 6, 2007; promoted September 30, 2007 |
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Jerusalem (FAC 1, FAC 2)
April 2, 2007; promoted April 28, 2007 |
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Sather Tower (FPC)
nominated March 18, 2007; promoted March 27, 2007 |
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Capital Area Food Bank
created August 5, 2006; added to DYK August 10, 2006 |
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Hugo Chávez (FAR)
nominated May 31, 2006; demoted June 15, 2006 |
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Mosque (FAC)
nominated April 12, 2006; promoted April 23, 2006 |
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Templates: Infobox Airliner accident • Infobox civilian attack • Infobox Holiday • Infobox Skyscraper • Prophets in the Qur'an |
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Maintainer of Portal:Current events |
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You can contact Tariqabjotu on AOL Instant Messenger or Yahoo! Messenger via tariqabjotu.
Tariqabjotu's local date and time: Friday, February 24, 2012, 9:25pm
Hebrew translation courtesy of Nadav1; Arabic translation courtesy of Anas Salloum.
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