Sh. Wissam El Tom has the highest certificate in Qur’an qiraa’at (all 10 ways of reading Qur’an in the original Arabic language with melodies and phonetics) and Quran studies from Al-Azhar Al-Sharif (Institute of Qur’an Qiraa’at) (Egypt). He has the “sanad” (ijazah) -linked to the prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam- in ten qira’at sugra and kubra from the leading scholars in Egypt of this field internationally. He has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and a Master’s Degree in Islamic Studies from Makasid University (Lebanon). He had the opportunity to recite the Quran to the late scholar, Imam Sheikh Mohammad Mitwalli Al Shaarawi. He has also recited the Quran to the famous qari of the Republic of Egypt, Dr Ahmad Nuainaa. He was the winner of the International Quran Recitation and Memorization competition, organized by Al-Azhar Al-Sharif and Awkaf Ministry in Egypt and attended by participants from 125 countries. He has listened to the recitation of many huffaaz (male and female) in different qiraat in Egypt and Canada and awarded them the honor of “sanad” linked to Prophet Muhammed (sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam). He has authored books about the ten qiraat of the Quran and and has also composed a poem in the original Arabic language, comprising of 1175 verses on an area of Quranic studies that has been touched on a few scholars centuries earlier like Imaam Ash Shakhawi, the great scholar from the 7th century hijri. He speaks three languages – English, French, and Arabic. Additionally, he has delivered numerous lectures in Quranic Sciences, Islamic Studies and Arabic language in Egypt and Montreal. He currently lives in Montreal, Canada, where he has been an imaam for several mosques and is the director of At-tibyan Institute in Montreal. He is currently preparing for a Ph.D. in Islamic Studies. He was a professional soccer player in the Lebanese Football League until the year 1994.