At age 15, Bawji started his international career with the Lebanese Junior National Team.
In 2006, he registered in Cypress Christian school located in Houston TX.
The following year Bawji attended Klein Collins High school, where he averaged a double-double (11 pts 12 rebs),[2] which helped him get selected to the Texas All-Star game event, in which he had 14 points and 18 rebounds.
In 2009, Bawji got recruited to the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma (NCAA Division 1), which he decided to leave one year later to pursue a professional career overseas.
His father Nazih, a former basketball player and captain of Riyadi Club and the Lebanese National team, established the Harlem Basketball Academy (Beirut), the first one in the region.