Three episodes in and the team -- both practising Muslims who have to stop to pray five times a day -- has come so close to elimination so many times that no one gives them much chance of winning the series, but there's no denying they've won viewers over.
And that, says Mo, is victory enough.
"Up until now the media's engagement with Muslims has been a little tokenistic," says the 26-year-old social worker from Brunswick.
"They try to do good stories, but it's all, 'Oh look, it's the hijab in football colours.' They've been trying to push a really positive message, which is great, but for us on the receiving end, it's a bit like, 'Oh look, they're human.' "
The Amazing Race is different, he says. "With us, they've put our humanity before our faith," he says. "We've reached a new audience on Channel Seven that never get to see a positive story about Muslims."
Not that they're keen to see themselves as role models. "If I was ever to be a role model, it would be for 'eat more food'," jokes Mos, who works part-time in the gift shop at Melbourne Zoo.
"We'd be role models for obesity," chips in Mo. " 'Eat more doughnuts - but make sure they're halal'."
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