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Firuz Akhtar or known as Ustazah Pilihan Firuz is the first winner of Malaysia’s reality show, Ustazah Pilihan (a television program in search of a female da’ie). It is the female version program of the famous reality show, Imam Muda. It was aired on Astro Oasis channel on September 2011 and ended with a live final showdown on December 1st 2011.

Personal Life
Her real name is Firuz Akhtar binti Mohamad Bohari. She was born on August 29th 1984 in Kuala Lumpur. Her childhood days were spent in Bandar Baru Bangi as her father was a lecturer at the National University of Malaysia (UKM), Bangi. However during her university years, her family moved to Tanjong Malim, Perak when her father (Prof. Dr. Haji Muhammad Bukhari Lubis) transferred to Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Tanjong Malim. After gaining a Masters’ degree in Islamic and Near Eastern Studies (focusing on Comparative Islamic Literature, Persian-Arabic-Malay) from the US, she stayed in South Korea for a month to ease her mind. Her two younger sisters are currently studying in South Korea (Ajou University and Korea University). Within two weeks after returning to Malaysia, she participated the audition for Ustazah Pilihan and the committees selected her as one of the eleven finalists. On September 10th 2011, just two weeks before entering the apartment for Ustazah Pilihan’s finalists, she had a simple engagement ceremony. Finally on April 21st 2012, three months after Ustazah Pilihan ended, she became the official wife of a Japan-educated engineer, Shahril Sulaiman. The wedding reception was held in Tanjong Malim on June 30th 2012, and Bachok, Kelantan on July 7th 2012. Currently, she is working as a lecturer at the Faculty of Arabic Studies and Islamic Civilization, the National University of Malaysia (Jabatan Pengajian Arab dan Tamadun Islam, UKM).