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SAHAR F. AZIZ Rutgers University Law School
123 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102
My scholarship engages in critical examinations of 1) counterterrorism law and policy in the U.S and the Middle East;
2) race, religion, and civil rights of Muslims, Arabs, and South Asians in the U.S; and 3) rule of law and authoritarianism
in Egypt
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Rutgers University Law School
Professor of Law, Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar, and Middle East Legal Studies Scholar 2017 - present
Founding Director, Rutgers Center for Security, Race and Rights (csrr.rutgers.edu)
Fellow, Boston University Center for Antiracism Research (2021-2022)
Fellow, Rutgers University Institute for Research on Women (2019-2020)
Fellow, Rutgers University Leadership Academy (2019-2020)
Courses: Torts; Evidence; National Security Law; Anti-Terrorism Criminal Law Enforcement; Public International Law;
Constitutional Torts Litigation; Islamic and Middle East Law; Race and the Law; Religion and the Law;
Islamophobia and the Law
Google Scholar Citations: 676; h-index 14; i10-index 17 | SSRN Downloads: 11,726 (Top 10% of All Authors)
Editor, The Arab Law Quarterly (Brill Publishing House)
Editor, International Journal of Middle East Studies
Chair, Islamic Law and Society Section, American Branch of the Islamic Law Association (ABILA)
Member, Research Advisory Committee, United States Institute for Peace (USIP)
Board Member, Democracy in the Middle East Now (DAWN)
Board Member, Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED)
Board Member, ReThink Media
Member, Rutgers-Newark Chancellor’s Commission on Diversity and Transformation
Boston University School of Law Fall 2021
Kleh Visiting Distinguished Professor
Courses: National Security Law, Global Islamophobia
Princeton University Spring 2021
Visiting Professor, Political Science Department
Courses: Politics of the Middle East, National Security and Civil Liberties
Columbia Law School Spring 2018
Visiting Scholar, Center for Gender and Sexuality Law
Texas A&M University School of Law
Professor of Law 2016-2017
Associate Professor 2013-2016
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Brookings Doha Center 2016
Non-Resident Fellow
Expertise: Egypt, Rule of Law, Judicial Independence, Comparative Law, and Government Accountability
Texas Wesleyan School of Law 2011 – 2013
Associate Professor of Law
Courses: Torts, National Security, Civil Rights Litigation, Race and the Law
Georgetown University Law Center 2010 – 2011
Adjunct Associate Professor
BOOKS
THE RACIAL MUSLIM: WHEN RACISM QUASHES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM (University of California Press 2021)
GLOBAL ISLAMOPHOBIA IN AN ERA OF POPULISM (ed. Sahar Aziz and John L. Esposito) (Oxford University Press 2022)
ACADEMIC ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS
Manufacturing a Muslim Threat: Entrapment and Sting Operations (work-in-progress)
Legally White, Socially Brown: Racialization of Middle Eastern and North African Americans, ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK
ON ISLAM AND RACE (ed. Zain Abdullah) (Routledge Press, forthcoming 2021) (solicited)
“Whosoever Sees an Evil”: Muslim Americans’ Human Rights Advocacy, OXFORD RESEARCH ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
RELIGION (2021) (solicited)
Orientalism, Empire, and The Racial Muslim, in OVERCOMING ORIENTALISM (ed. Tamara Sonn) (Oxford University
Press 2021) (solicited)
Fear of a Black and Brown Internet: Policing Online Activism, 100 B.U. L. REV. 1153 (2020), (co-author Khaled
Beydoun) (solicited)
Commentary on Webb v. City of Philadelphia, in FEMINIST JUDGMENTS: EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION OPINIONS
REWRITTEN (eds. Ann McGinley & Nicole Porter) (Cambridge Press 2020) (solicited)
The Alpha Female and the Sinister Seven, PRESUMED INCOMPETENT II: THE INTERSECTIONS OF RACE AND CLASS FOR
WOMEN IN ACADEMIA (eds. Carmen Gonzalez & Gabriella Gutierrez y Muhs) (Colorado Press 2020) (solicited)
Coercive Assimilationism and Muslim Women’s Identity Performance in the Workplace, in ISLAMOPHOBIA AND THE
LAW (eds. Khaled Beydoun & Cyra Choudry) (Cambridge Press 2020) (solicited)
Identity Politics is Failing Women in Legal Academia, 69 J. LEGAL EDUC. 14 (Autumn 2019) (solicited) (peer reviewed)
The Authoritarianization of U.S. Counterterrorism, 75 WASH. & LEE L. REV. 1573 (2018)
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A Muslim Registry: The Precursor to Internment?, 2018 B.Y.U. L. REV. 101 (2018) (solicited)
Military Electoral Authoritarianism in Egypt, 16 ELECTION L. J. 280 (2017) (solicited) (peer reviewed)
Losing the “War of Ideas:” A Critique of Countering Violent Extremism Programs, 52 TEX. INT’L L. J. 255 (2017)
(solicited)
(De)liberalization of Judicial Independence in Post-January 25th Egypt, in EGYPT AND THE CONTRADICTIONS OF
LIBERALISM: ILLIBERALISM, INTELLIGENTSIA AND THE FUTURE OF EGYPTIAN DEMOCRACY (eds. Dalia Fahmy &
Daanish Faruqi, Oneworld 2017) (solicited)
Rethinking Counterterrorism in the Age of ISIS: Lessons from Sinai, 95 NEB. L. REV. 307 (2016) (lead article)
Independence without Accountability: The Judicial Paradox of Egypt’s Failed Transition to Democracy, 120 PENN ST.
L. REV. 1 (2016) (lead article)
Theater or Transitional Justice: Reforming the Judiciary in Egypt, TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST (ed.
Chandra Sriram, Oxford Press 2016) (solicited)
Egypt’s Revolution Turned Uprising, in EGYPT BEYOND TAHRIR (ed. Bessma Momain & Eid Mohamed, Indiana
University Press 2016) (solicited)
Coercing Assimilation: The Case of Muslim Women of Color, 24 TRANSNATIONAL L. & CONTEMP. PROB. 1 (Univ. of
Iowa) (2015) (solicited)
The Blinding Color of Race: Elections and Democracy in a Post-Shelby Era, 17 BERKELEY J. AFR.-AM. L. & POL'Y 182
(2015) (solicited)
Terror(izing) the Muslim “Veil,” THE RULE OF LAW AND THE RULE OF GOD, edited by Simeon Ilesanmi (Palsgraf Press
2014) (solicited)
Coercive Assimilationism: The Perils of Muslim Women's Identity Performance in the Workplace, 20 MICH. J. RACE &
L. 1 (2014) (lead article)
Bringing Down an Uprising: Egypt’s Stillborn Revolution, 30 CONN. J. INT'L L. 1 (2014) (lead article)
Policing Terrorists in the Community, 5 HARV. NAT'L SEC. J. 147 (2014)
Revolution without Reform? A Critique of Egypt’s Election Laws, 15 GEO. WASH. INT’L L. REV. 101 (2012)
From the Oppressed to the Terrorist: Muslim American Women in the Crosshairs of Intersectionality, 9 HASTINGS
RACE & POV. L. J. 191 (2012)
Caught in a Preventive Dragnet: Selective Counterterrorism in a Post 9-11 America, 47 GONZ. L. REV. 1 (2012)
Egypt’s Protracted Revolution, 19 NO. 3 HUM. RTS. BRIEF 1 (2012) (solicited)
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Sticks and Stones, the Words that Hurt: Entrenched Stereotypes 8 Years After 9/11, 13 N.Y. CITY L. REV. 33 (2009)
The Laws on Providing Material Support to Terrorist Organizations: The Erosion of Constitutional Rights or a
Legitimate Tool for Combating Terrorism?, 9 TEX. J. C.L. & C.R. 45 (2003)
Linking Intellectual Property Rights with Research and Development, Technology Transfer, and Foreign Investment: A
Case Study of Egypt’s Pharmaceutical Industry, 10 ILSA J. INT’L & COMP. L. 1 (2003)
ESSAYS, BOOK REVIEWS AND PUBLIC POLICY REPORTS
Reflections on Security, Race and Rights on the Twentieth Anniversary of 9/11, JOURNAL OF NATIONAL SECURITY LAW
(forthcoming September 2021) (peer reviewed, solicited)
Toward Empowerment and Sustainability: Reforming America’s Syrian Refugee Policy, RUTGERS CENTER FOR
SECURITY, RACE AND RIGHTS (January 2019)
Book Review of Revolutionary Justice: Special Courts and the Formation of Republican Egypt by Yoram Meital
(Oxford University Press, 2016). 52(2) REVIEW OF MIDDLE EAST STUDIES 41-43 (2018) (solicited)
Whither Egypt’s Judicial Independence, in Governance and the Future of the Arab World, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR
INT’L PEACE (Oct. 18, 2018)
Global Conflict and Populism in a Post-9/11 World, 52 TULSA L. REV. 395 (2017)
De-Securitizing Counterterrorism in the Sinai Peninsula, BROOKINGS DOHA CENTER (April 20, 2017)
Religious Freedom as an Antidote to Violent Religious Extremism, Religious Freedom and the Common Good
Conference Report, BERKLEY CENTER FOR RELIGION, PEACE, AND WORLD AFFAIRS, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
(2017)
Islam on Trial, BOSTON REVIEW (March 1, 2017)
The Expanding Jurisdiction of Egypt’s Military Court, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INT’L PEACE (SADA) (Oct. 12,
2016)
Book Review of The Headscarf Debates: Conflicts of National Belonging by Anna C. Korteweg and Gokce Yurdakul
(Stanford University Press 2014), CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGY (Fall 2015) (solicited)
Egypt’s Judiciary, Coopted, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INT’L PEACE (SADA) (Aug.20, 2014)
Protest is Egypt’s Last Resort, THE NEW YORK TIMES (Dec. 3, 2013) (co-authored with Shahira Abouelleil)
Terror and the Muslim “Veil,” OXFORD ISLAMIC STUDIES ONLINE (Nov. 20 2013) (solicited)
Egypt’s Impeachment Alternative, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE (SADA) (Nov. 1, 2013)
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A Court Decides Who is White Under Law, AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION JOURNAL (Nov. 1, 2013) (solicited)
Sinai: Tipping Point or Pretext in Ouster?, THE MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE (September 30, 2013) (solicited)
Sinai’s Role in Morsi’s Ouster, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE (SADA), (Aug. 20, 2013)
U.S. Foreign Policy and Morsi’s Ouster, THE MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE (July 31, 2013)
Democracy, Like Revolution, is Unsustainable Without Women, UNITED STATES INSTITUTE FOR PEACE (June 2013)
The Muslim "Veil" Post-9/11: Rethinking Women's Rights and Leadership, INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL POLICY AND
UNDERSTANDING (November 2012) (solicited)
Protecting Rights as a Counterterrorism Tool: The Case of American Muslims, INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST & GULF
MILITARY ANALYSIS (INEGMA) (October 2012) (solicited)
Countering Religion or Terrorism? Selective Enforcement of Material Support Laws Against Muslim Charities,
INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL POLICY AND UNDERSTANDING (August 2011) (solicited)
Citizens, Not Subjects: Debunking the Sectarian Narrative of Bahrain’s Pro-Democracy Movement, INSTITUTE FOR
SOCIAL POLICY AND UNDERSTANDING (July 2011) (solicited)
GRANTS
Express Newark Grant, Spoken Word at the Intersection of Race and Religion, $15,750 (awarded 2019-2020) (co-PI
with Professor Timothy Raphael, The Newest Americans)
Pratt Foundation Grant, Freedom of Information and Community Empowerment, $47,000 (awarded 2018 & 2020)
Rutgers Global Grant, Interdisciplinary Working Group on the Middle East and South Asia, $10,000 (awarded 2018)
(co-PI with Professor Nermin Allam)
Fieldwork Research Grant, Syrian Refugee Crisis: International Legal and Policy Challenges Facing Middle East
Countries, THE HOLLINGS CENTER, $15,000 (awarded 2017)
Diversity Matters Seed Grant, Discrimination Experiences of Muslim American Students at Texas A&M University,
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND ASSOCIATE PROVOST FOR DIVERSITY, $4000 (awarded
2015) (co-PI with Dr. Shaida Kalbasi)
Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grant, The Foundations of Judicial Legitimacy: Public Support for Courts in the United
States, Benin, Egypt, and Qatar, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, BUSH SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT AND
PUBLIC POLICY, AND COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS, $30,000 (awarded 2015) (co-PI Professors Jessica Gottlieb and
Joseph Ura)
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National Endowment for Democracy Grant, Empowering Egyptian Civil Society Through Access to Information Project,
$73,000 (awarded 2011)
EDUCATION
The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas
J.D., cum laude
TEXAS LAW REVIEW - Associate Editor
Bar Admissions: Texas, District of Columbia
The University of Texas, Austin, Texas
M.A., Middle Eastern Studies
The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
B.Sc. Management Information Systems, magna cum laude
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
1. 2020 Middle Eastern and North African American National Security and Foreign Policy Next Generation Leader,
NEW AMERICA (2020)
2. ISPU Research Making an Impact Award, INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL POLICY AND UNDERSTANDING (2017)
3. The Derrick A. Bell Award, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LAW SCHOOLS (2016)
4. The Rose Nader Award, AMERICAN-ARAB ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE (2015)
5. Emerging Scholar Class of 2015, DIVERSE MAGAZINE (2015)
6. Texas A&M Law Review Service Award (2014-2015)
7. Member (invited), THE UNITED STATES EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Task Force to Combat
Harassment in the Workplace (2015 – 2016)
8. Scholar in Residence (invited), The Role of Law in Revolutionary Egypt, Institute for Immigration and International
Law, THURGOOD MARSHALL SCHOOL OF LAW, Houston, Texas, October 2-4, 2013
9. Dean’s Scholarship Award for Tenure Track Faculty (2012-2013)
10. Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award, AMERICAN-ARAB ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE (2011)
11. Patriot Award, BILL OF RIGHTS DEFENSE COMMITTEE (2010)
KEYNOTE AND DISTINGUISHED LECTURES
1. Keynote, Book Convening on The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom, Boston University
School of Law, Sept. 23, 2021
a. Discussants: Kenneth Mack, Harvard Law School; Tarek Massoud, Harvard Kennedy School; Robert
Tsai, Boston University School of Law
2. Plenary Panelist, Global Perspectives on Black Lives Matter as a Human Rights Movement, 2021 Human Rights
Symposium, GONZAGA UNIVERSITY IN FLORENCE AND UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Florence, Italy, June 21,
2021
3. Keynote, From the Margins to Mainstream: The Opportunity and Perils of Power, NEW JERSEY MUSLIM LAWYERS
ASSOCIATION ANNUAL GALA, Nov. 19, 2020
4. Keynote, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, The Center
for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Nov. 18, 2020
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5. Distinguished Lecture, Racializing Muslims: From Post-9/11 to Post-Pandemic, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII WILLIAM
S. RICHARDSON SCHOOL OF LAW, April 27, 2020
6. Distinguished Lecture, Whosoever Sees an Evil: Muslim Americans’ Human Rights Advocacy, Indiana International
and Comparative Law Center, INDIANA UNIVERSITY MCKINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW, Feb. 13, 2020
7. Plenary Keynote, Guarding the Guardians: Towards Democratic Civil-Military Relations, ISTANBUL ZAIM
UNIVERSITY, Istanbul, Turkey, Oct. 13, 2019
8. Plenary Panel, Islam in America hosted by Senator Harry Reid, THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF LAW, Las
Vegas, Nevada, Sept. 26, 2019
9. Keynote Opening Remarks, Connecting the Dots of Hate: Islamophobia and Antisemitism, Building Resilience in
the New Threat Paradigm: Targeted Violence Against People of Faith, STOCKTON UNIVERSITY, Atlantic City, NJ,
June 12, 2019
10. Henderson Center Ruth Chance Lecture, The Racial Muslim: When American Racism Quashes Religious Freedom,
BERKELEY SCHOOL OF LAW, Berkeley, CA, April 11, 2019
11. Keynote Speaker, The Fragility of Law in an Era of Autocratic Populism, THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO
LAW AND SOCIETY BIANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, Cairo, Egypt April 3, 2019
1. Plenary Panelist, Celebrating Women’s History Month, THE MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE, Washington, D.C. March 21,
2019
12. Clarke Initiative Distinguished Lecture, The (Ir)Relevance of Law in Egypt’s Failed Transition to Democracy,
CORNELL LAW SCHOOL, Oct. 22, 2018
13. Keynote Speaker, The Muslim Moment and Transformative Leadership, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUSLIM
LAWYERS ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Dallas, Texas, Oct. 13, 2018
14. Keynote Speaker, Defending our Rights, Preserving Our Faith, CAIR-NEW JERSEY ANNUAL IFTAR, New
Brunswick, New Jersey, May 19, 2018
15. Keynote Speaker, Safeguarding Our Rights, Building Our Communities, WAFA HOUSE ANNUAL BANQUET, New
Jersey, March 4, 2018
16. Keynote Speaker, Power of Faith: Transforming Self and Society, ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA
BANQUET, April 22, 2017
17. Keynote Speaker, Inclusion and Diversity for Higher Education Conference, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-
GALVESTON, April 3, 2017
18. 17th Annual Buck Colbert Franklin Memorial Civil Rights Lecture, Global Conflict and Populism in a Post-9/11
World, UNIVERSITY OF TULSA SCHOOL OF LAW (2016)
19. Keynote Speaker, Strategies for Identifying and Minimizing Harassment Risks in a 21st Century Workforce, Equal
Employment Advisory Council Conference, Oct. 13-15, 2015
20. Keynote Speaker, Enhancing Diversity Speaker Series, Learning from the Past: Civil Rights in the Post-9/11 Era,
Texas A&M University, March 21, 2014
21. Keynote Speaker, Defending the Civil Rights of Muslims, Arabs, and South Asians, CONNECTICUT COALITION TO
STOP INDEFINITE DETENTION CONFERENCE, Dec. 8, 2012
22. Keynote Speaker, Then and Now: Civil Liberties and Interfaith Relations Ten Years After 9/11, CENTER FOR FAITH
STUDIES, Lincoln, Nebraska, September 11, 2011
LAW SCHOOL FACULTY COLLOQUIUM
1. Manufacturing a Muslim Threat in Anti-Terrorism Prosecutions, CHICAGO-KENT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW,
Oct. 13, 2020)
2. Manufacturing a Muslim Threat in Anti-Terrorism Prosecutions, UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF LAW
(Sept. 30, 2020)
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3. The Muslim Menace: Racialization of Religion in Post-9/11 America, WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF LAW, March 5,
2019
4. The Social Construction of the Racial Muslim, CORNELL LAW SCHOOL, Feb. 15, 2019
5. The Racial Limits of American Religious Freedom, ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Sept. 5, 2018
6. Rethinking Counterterrorism in Age of ISIS: Lessons from Sinai, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - DAVIS, August 25,
2016
7. (De)Essentializing Terrorists, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF LAW, Las Vegas, NV, March 31, 2016
8. Failing States, Failed Paradigms: Security and Development in Sinai, CASE WESTERN RESERVE SCHOOL OF LAW,
Feb. 4, 2016
9. Independence without Accountability: The Judicial Paradox of Egypt’s Failed Transition, MCGEORGE SCHOOL OF
LAW, April 2, 2015
10. From the Oppressed to the Terrorist: American Muslim Women Caught in the Crosshairs of Intersectionality?
CUMBERLAND SCHOOL OF LAW, November 11, 2011
U.S. ACADEMIC CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS
1. Panelist (invited), Social Justice in National Security: Twenty Years Post-9/11, YALE LAW SCHOOL, Sept. 22, 2021
2. Panelist (invited), Ripples From 9/11: 20 Years Later, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, Sept. 21, 2021
3. Panelist (invited), 20 years Later: Lasting Impacts of 9/11 on Law and Policy, BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF
LAW, Sept. 14, 2021
4. Panelist (invited), 9/11 at 20: Reflecting on the Attack and 20 Years of the Post-9/11 Era, Mershon Center for
International Security Studies, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, Sept. 10, 2021
5. Panelist, Challenges and Tensions in Public Discourse, LAW AND SOCIETY ANNUAL CONFERENCE, May 27-29,
2021
• Panelist, Racial and Gender Justice in Legal Academia
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• Panelist, (Re)Naming and (Re)Framing: “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” in the Age of Anti-Racism
• Discussant, Making Bodies in the Law – Socio-Historical Perspective on Classification
6. Panelist (invited), Why is California Erasing Arab American History from the Ethnic Studies Curriculum? UCLA
LAW SCHOOL, April 15, 2021
7. Panelist (invited), Belonging and Difference: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Inaugural Morelli Colloquy,
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF LAW, April 8, 2021
8. Panelist (invited), Presumed Incompetent II: The Intersection of Race and Class for Women in Academia, CLASS
CRITS, Feb. 26, 2021
9. American Association of Law Schools Annual Conference, January 5-7, 2021
• Panelist (Invited), How Trump's Divisive & Derogatory Rhetoric Has Affected Workplace Anti-
Discrimination Enforcement
• Panelist (Invited), Presumed Incompetent II: Documenting the Struggles (and Victories) of Women of Color
in Academia
10. Panelist (invited), Linkages Between American and Global Islamophobia, Deconstructing and Resisting
Islamophobia, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, March 7, 2020
11. Panelist (invited), Under the Microscope: The National Emergency at the Southern Border and the Burgeoning
Trade War with China, Presidential Emergency Powers: Legal Framework and Prospects for Reform,
GEORGETOWN LAW CENTER, March 3, 2020
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12. Panelist (invited), Leadership in Cross-Cultural Competencies: Race and Ethnicity, Leading Differently Across
Difference: A National Conference on Training Lawyers as Leaders, FREEDMAN INSTITUTE HOFSTRA SCHOOL OF
LAW, Nov. 8, 2019
13. Panelist, American Muslim Feminism(s), LATCRIT XXII ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Georgia State School of Law, Oct.
18-19, 2019
14. Panelist (invited), Depoliticizing Muslims: Countering Violent Extremism as a Racial Project, Reporting Islam:
Media, Policy and Politics, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Evanston, IL, April 25-26, 2019
15. Presenter (invited), Technology and Bias, Power, Ethics and Privacy, SETON HALL LAW SCHOOL, Newark, NJ,
April 6, 2019
16. Presenter (invited), Ten Years of Iqbal: Perspectives on Policy, Procedure and Substance, Cardozo Law Review
Symposium, CARDOZO LAW SCHOOL, New York, NY, March 15, 2019
17. Presenter (invited), Comparing Constructions of Race: Global Perspectives, Columbia Journal of Race and Law
Symposium, COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL, New York, NY, March 7, 2019
18. Presenter, Judicial Protection of Rights as Efficient Waste in Authoritarian Regimes: Theory with Application to the
Egyptian Judiciary (with co-author Dr. James Rogers), Institutions and Law Faculty Symposium, EMORY LAW
SCHOOL, Atlanta, GA March 2, 2019
19. Presenter (invited), International Economic Emergency Powers, Emergency Powers in the Trump Era and Beyond,
BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE AT NYU SCHOOL OF LAW, Washington D.C. (Jan. 16, 2019)
20. American Association of Law Schools Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA Jan. 3-7, 2019
• Panelist (Invited), Asylum and Refugee in Muslim Majority Countries
• Panelist (Invited), Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and Hate in the National Security Arena
• Participant (Invited), Group Discussion on Gender Equity in the Legal Academy
• Moderator, Critical Pedagogy in the Era of Diversity
21. Participant, Critical Security and Law Studies Conference, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, Sept. 27-28, 2018
22. Presenter (invited), Religious Freedom Challenges Facing American Muslims, Getting it Right: Media Coverage of
Religious Freedom, Religious Freedom Annual Review 2018: Religion and the Common Good, BRIGHAM YOUNG
UNIVERSITY, Provo, UT, June 20-21, 2018
23. Presenter (invited), Shadows of the Prison, Princeton University, April 14, 2018
24. Presenter, Whose Religious Freedom?, COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL, March 26, 2018
25. Presenter (invited), Imperialism and Immigration, A Critical Moment for Critical Race Theory, YALE LAW SCHOOL,
March 24, 2018
26. Presenter (invited), Religious Freedom and the Common Good, UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS LAW SCHOOL, March
23, 2018
27. Presenter (invited), Islamophobia and The Muslim Ban, President Trump’s Executive Orders and Emergent Issues
in Immigration Enforcement, Law Review Symposium, WASHINGTON & LEE SCHOOL OF LAW, Feb. 2, 2018
28. American Association of Law Schools Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, Jan. 3-7, 2018
• Panelist (Invited), Islamic Jurisprudence, Civil Rights, and Social Justice
• Panelist (Invited), Global Trends in Election Law and Reform
• Participant, Works in Progress in National Security Law
• Discussant (Invited), Foreign Interference in Elections
• Moderator, Technology as a Sword and a Shield: Law at the Intersection of Civil Rights and Surveillance
29. Visiting Scholar (invited), The Muslim Menace: The Racialization of Religion in America, VANDERBILT
UNIVERSITY, Nov. 6, 2017
30. Presenter (invited), Immigration and Executive Power, BANS, BORDERS, AND NEW AMERICANS: IMMIGRATION
LAW IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, Roger Williams School of Law, Bristol, RI, Oct. 13, 2017
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31. Presenter, Critical Voices in Employment Law Panel; Spheres of Inequality: Resistance and Critical Solidarity
Panel, LATCRIT XXI CONFERENCE, Orlando, FL, Sept. 27-29, 2017
32. Presenter, Trump’s Executive Actions on Immigration: Travel Ban, Extreme Vetting, Border Surveillance, and Mass
Deportation, SOUTHEAST ASSOCIATION OF LAW SCHOOLS, Boca Raton, FL, August 4-6, 2017
33. Presenter (invited), Islam on Trial: Muslims and Civil Rights, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, April 27, 2017
34. Presenter and Discussant, Rethinking Counterterrorism in the Age of ISIS: Lessons from Sinai, MIDWEST POLITICAL
SCIENCE ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Chicago, IL, April 6-8, 2017
35. Presenter (invited), Racialization of Religion in the Post-9/11 Era, Islamophobia and Race Symposium,
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE, Louisville, KY, March 28, 2017
36. Participant (invited), Academic Convening on Civil Rights Challenges Facing Muslims in America, GEORGETOWN
UNIVERSITY, Feb. 7, 2017
37. Presenter (invited), Racialized Surveillance in the Post-9/11 Era, Privacy, Security & Power: The State of Digital
Surveillance, UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF LAW, Jan. 27, 2017
38. Presenter (invited), Women in the Syrian Refugee Crisis, Women, Peace, and Security, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
BUSH SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT, College Station, TX, Nov. 18, 2016
39. Presenter (invited), Religious Freedom and Countering Terrorism, Religious Freedom and the Common Good: A
Capstone Symposium of the Religious Freedom Project, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, Washington, D.C. Nov. 14,
2016
40. Presenter (invited), ISIS: Navigating Conflict with Non-State Actors, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF LAW, April
15, 2016
41. Presenter (invited), The Color of Surveillance, GEORGETOWN LAW CENTER, April 8, 2016
42. Presenter (invited), The Paradox of Preventive Counterterrorism, US Counterterrorism Policy, HARVARD LAW
SCHOOL, March 28-29, 2016
43. Presenter, Rethinking Counterterrorism in the Age of ISIS, Young Comparativists Conference, TULANE UNIVERSITY
LAW SCHOOL, March 18-19, 2016
44. Presenter (invited), (De)Essentializing Terrorism: A Typology of Terrorists, The Transnational Executive
Symposium, INDIANA UNIVERSITY MAURER SCHOOL OF LAW, March 3-4, 2016
45. Presenter (invited), War on Terror(izing) Muslims: Hate Speech and Hate Crimes Post-9/11, Free Speech Under
Fire: The Future of Free Speech Symposium, BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL, Feb. 26, 2016
46. Presenter (invited), (De)Essentializing Terrorism: A Typology of Terrorists, Symposium: Redefined National
Security Threats: Tensions and Legal Implications, EMORY LAW SCHOOL, Feb. 10, 2016
47. Presenter and Conference Organizer, Resisting From the Margins: Muslim Women at the Intersection of Racism,
Sexism, and Empire, Institutionalizing Islamophobia: Critiquing the Countering Violent Extremism (CVE)
Framework and Emerging Programs, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY, Feb. 6, 2016
48. Presenter (invited), Failing States, Failed Paradigms: Security and Development in Sinai, International Law
Association – West, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, January 29, 2016
49. Presenter, Challenging Sovereignty: Exploring the Rise of ISIS and Boko Haram, ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LAW
SCHOOLS ANNUAL CONFERENCE, January 9, 2016
50. Presenter (invited), Coercive Assimilationism: Muslim Women’s Identity Performance in the Workplace,
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LAW SCHOOLS ANNUAL CONFERENCE, January 9, 2016
51. Panelist (invited), (De)Liberalizing Judicial Independence in Post-January 25th Egypt, Egypt and the Contradictions
of Liberalism: Illiberalism Within the Egyptian Intelligtentsia, THE MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION ANNUAL
CONFERENCE, Denver, CO, Nov. 23-24, 2015
52. Presenter (invited), Coercive Assimilationism: The Perils of Muslim Women’s Identity Performance in the
Workplace, COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL, Center for Gender and Sexuality Law, Nov. 10, 2015
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53. Presenter (invited), The Racial Muslim, Symposium: Religion and the Law, FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF LAW, October 23, 2015
54. Presenter (invited), Conference Plenary: Critical Constitutionalism: Deconstructing the Legitimacy of State
Institutions, LATCRIT XX ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Anaheim, CA, Oct. 1-3, 2015
55. Presenter (selected from a call for papers), Identity Performance and Second Generation Discrimination Against
Muslim Women of Color, AALS WORKSHOP ON NEXT GENERATION ISSUES ON SEX, GENDER AND THE LAW,
Orlando, FL, June 24-25, 2015
56. Participant (invited), Convening on Religious Exemptions and Racial Justice, COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL, May 11,
2015
57. Presenter (invited), Coercive Assimilationism: The Perils of Muslim Women’s Identity Performance in the
Workplace, Sixth Annual Islamophobia Conference, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY, April 23-25, 2015
58. Presenter, Independence without Accountability: The Judicial Paradox of Egypt’s Failed Transition, Young
Comparativists Conference, FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, April 17, 2015; Moderator,
Constitutional Design
59. Panelist (invited), Law and Policy Implications of Countering Violent Extremism Programs, Conference on the
Muslim-American Legal Struggle: A Diversity of Experiences, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY BOALT
SCHOOL OF LAW, March 20, 2015
60. Panelist (invited), Fourth Amendment: Rights, Race, Religion, Conference on Policing, Conflict, and Change,
CARDOZO SCHOOL OF LAW, March 12, 2015
61. Presenter, Formal Models of Political Institutions, PUBLIC CHOICE SOCIETY ANNUAL CONFERENCE, San Antonio,
Texas, March. 12-15, 2015 (presenting with Dr. James Rogers, Texas A&M University at Qatar)
62. Presenter, Theater or Transitional Justice: Reforming Egypt’s Judiciary, ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LAW
SCHOOLS ANNUAL CONFERENCE, International Human Rights Section, Washington, D.C., Jan. 3, 2015 (selected
from a call for papers)
63. Presenter and Co-Organizer, Global Citizens and Equality Fifty Years After the 1964 Civil Rights Act, TEXAS A&M
UNIVERSITY, November 2014
64. Presenter, Emerging Topics: The Rise of ISIS and its Effect on Domestic Counterterrorism, NEW TECHNOLOGY,
OLD LAW: RETHINKING NATIONAL SECURITY, Texas A&M University School of Law, Oct. 17, 2014
65. Presenter (invited), Networking and Professional Development Strategies for Junior Faculty, SOCIETY OF
AMERICAN LAW TEACHERS ANNUAL CONFERENCE, University of Las Vegas Boyd School of Law, Las Vegas, NV,
Oct. 9-11, 2014
66. Discussant (invited), The Legal and Regulatory Challenges Facing Egypt’s Press, Egypt Media Forum, GEORGE
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Washington, D.C., Oct. 1-3, 2014
67. Presenter (invited), Cross-National Civil Rights Challenges Facing Muslim Women the US, Women in the
Revolution: Gender and Social Justice after the Arab Spring, UNIVERSITY OF IOWA SCHOOL OF LAW, Sept. 26, 2014
68. Presenter (invited), The Role of Law in Egypt’s Uprising, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SAN ANTONIO, April 24, 2014
69. Presenter (invited), Veiled Discrimination, UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW CRITICAL RACE THEORY WORKSHOP, April 15,
2014, Los Angeles, CA
70. Panelist (invited), Coercive Assimilationism in the Workplace: Muslim Women of Color, TITLE VII AT 50, ST.
JOHN’S UNIVERSITY AND NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, New York, NY, April 4-5, 2014
71. Speaker (invited), Law at the Crossroads of Revolution in Egypt, YALE LAW SCHOOL, Feb. 24, 2014
72. Presenter, Assimilationist Pressures to Perform Identity in a Multicultural Workplace: The Case of Muslim Women
(Work in Progress) NORTHEAST PROFESSORS OF COLOR CONFERENCE, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Dec. 6, 2013
73. Speaker (invited), What’s Next for Human and Civil Rights in Egypt, THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
SCHOOL OF LAW, Columbia, SC, Nov. 14, 2013
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74. Panelist (invited), Law and Politics in Post-Revolutionary Egypt, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS CENTER FOR MIDDLE
EASTERN STUDIES, Nov. 7, 2013
75. Panelist, What’s Next for Egypt: Notes From the Ground, SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY EMBREY HUMAN
RIGHTS CENTER, October 8, 2013
76. Presenter, Policing Terrorists in the Community; Performance Identity and Muslim Women, LATCRIT ANNUAL
CONFERENCE, Chicago, Illinois, Oct. 4-6, 2013
77. Participant (invited), Community Surveillance: Strategizing for Solutions, COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL, New York
City, NY, August 15-16, 2013
78. Presenter (invited), Gender and Elections After Egypt’s Jan 25 Revolution, AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPARATIVE
LAW YOUNGER COMPARATIVISTS SECOND ANNUAL CONFERENCE, "New Voices in Comparative Law," April 1819,
2013, University of Indiana McKinney School of Law
79. Presenter (invited), A Typology of Muslim Women Feminists, Section on Africa, ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LAW
SCHOOLS ANNUAL CONFERENCE, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 6, 2013
80. Presenter (invited), The Arab Spring and Constitutionalism in the Middle East, FORDHAM LAW SCHOOL, New York
City, N.Y., Nov. 18, 2012
81. Presenter (invited), Consolidating the Change: Challenges of Writing New Constitutions at the Harvard Arab
Weekend Conference, HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, Nov. 10, 2012
82. Presenter (invited), The Current Status of Women’s Rights in the Muslim World: Giving Voice to Muslim Women,
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY EMBREY HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM, October 18, 2012
83. Presenter, Rule of Law: Rhetoric or Reality in Egypt’s Transition to Democracy, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW
CENTER, October 10, 2012
84. Presenter, Who’s Policing Whom? Community Policing in Counterterrorism, A Multiplicity of Perspectives on the
War on Terror: Teaching Social Justice in the Aftermath of 9/11 Panel, SOCIETY OF AMERICAN LAW TEACHERS
Annual Conference: Teaching Social Justices, Expanding Access to Justice, October 4-6, 2012
85. Presenter (invited), Hate Crimes and the Law, SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY DEDMAN SCHOOL OF LAW,
October 1, 2012
86. Presenter, Counterterrorism Scope Creep: From the War on Terror to the Occupy Movement, The “Occupy Wall
Street” Protests Panel, SOUTHEASTERN ASSOCIATION OF LAW SCHOOLS 2012 ANNUAL CONFERENCE, August 2,
2012
87. Presenter (invited), Critical Discourses on Islamophobia: Symbols, Images and Representations, UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA BERKELEY BOALT LAW SCHOOL, April 20, 2012
88. Presenter (invited), After Afghanistan: Where To From Here? Center on Law, Ethics and National Security, DUKE
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Durham, North Carolina, April 13&14, 2012
89. Presenter, Intersection and Divergence of Interests: Coalition Building Among People of Color Communities, The
2012 Southeast/Southwest People of Color Scholarship Conference: Transformative Advocacy, Scholarship, and
Praxis: Taking Our Pulse, at CUMBERLAND SCHOOL OF LAW, Birmingham, Alabama, March 29, 2012
90. Presenter, Preparing for Egypt’s Presidential Elections and the Transition to Civilian Rule, The Center for
Christian Muslim Understanding, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, March 26, 2012
91. Presenter (invited), Modern Global Revolution, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW, Lansing,
Michigan, February 16 & 17, 2012
92. Presenter (invited), Muslim Women’s Rights Under Secular and Religious Laws, SOUTHERN METHODIST
UNIVERSITY DEDMAN SCHOOL OF LAW, February 14, 2011
93. Presenter (invited), Spotlight on Civil Rights, SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY DEDMAN SCHOOL OF LAW,
November 4, 2011
94. Presenter (invited), Discrimination in the Post-9/11 Era: Challenges and Opportunities Ten Years Later, The Civil
Rights Division Department of Justice, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Washington, D.C., October 19, 2011
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95. Presenter (invited), Muslim-American Citizenship: A Decade Since 9/11, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York, NY
October 7, 2011
96. Presenter, Caught in a Preventive Dragnet: Selective Counterterrorism Against Muslims, Race and Criminal Justice
in the West, GONZAGA SCHOOL OF LAW, September 24, 2011
97. Presenter (invited), The People’s Movement in Egypt and Ripple Effects, FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW,
March 31, 2011
98. Presenter (invited), New Racism: The State of Hate in the United States, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON
COLLEGE OF LAW, March 28, 2011
99. Presenter (invited), The Continuing Impact of 9/11 on National Security and Civil Liberties, FLORIDA COASTAL
SCHOOL OF LAW, March 4, 2011
100. Presenter (invited), Responding to Anti-Muslim Bigotry, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF
LAW, January 26, 2011
101. Presenter (invited), Somali Youth Radicalization, CENTER FOR CHRISTIAN MUSLIM UNDERSTANDING,
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, November 15, 2010
102. Presenter (invited), Confronting Islam: Shariah, the Constitution, and American Muslims, THE UNIVERSITY OF
MARYLAND SCHOOL OF LAW, October 5, 2010
103. Presenter (invited), Navigating a Post 9/11 World: Challenges to Civil Liberties and Religious Freedom,
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, St. Louis, MO September 15, 2011
104. Presenter (invited), Issues in Law and Religion: Gender, Rights of Religious Minorities, and Multiculturalism,
The Rule of Law, The Rule of God: Their Difference and the Difference It Makes, WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
Symposium on Ethics, Religion & Law, Winston-Salem, NC, March 2010
105. Presenter (invited), Current Developments in Civil Rights Issues Post-9/11, THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE,
April 2009
106. Presenter (invited), Terror on Trial: Civil Liability and the War on Terrorism, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
SCHOOL OF LAW, Austin, Texas, March 2008
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS
1. Panelist (invited), Dismantling Eugenics: Legacies/Reckonings/Futures, Oct. 1, 2021
2. Presenter (invited), Academic Freedom in the Middle East and North Africa, MENA Center for Peace and
Development, WEBSTER UNIVERSITY GENEVA, March 17, 2021
3. Presenter, Race, Culture and Law in Muslim-Majority Countries, AMERICAN BRANCH OF THE INTERNATIONAL LAW
ASSOCIATION, Annual Conference, Oct. 22-24, 2020
4. Presenter (invited), The Market Place of Hate: Protecting Muslims From Islamophobia, Freedom of Expression as a
Human Rights, RFK INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER AND GONZAGA SCHOOL OF LAW, Florence, Italy
(June 1-3, 2019)
5. Presenter (invited), BROWN UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED RESEARCH INSTITUTE ANNUAL PROGRAM,
Providence, RI June 8, 2018
6. Presenter, “Gendered Islamophobia,” Contextualizing Islamophobia: Its Impact on Culture and Global Politics,
ZAIM ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY, Istanbul, Turkey, April 6-8, 2018
7. Presenter, LAW AND SOCIETY ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Mexico City, Mexico, June 19-24, 2017
• Social Dominance and Law: A Global Perspective
• Diversity, Retrenchment and the Law in the Age of Trump
• The Social Construction of the “Racial Muslim”
8. Plenary Speaker (invited), Surveillance, Privacy, and Internet Freedom, MOZILLA FOUNDATION FESTIVAL, London,
United Kingdom, October 28-30, 2016
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9. Participant (invited), Workable Solutions for Radicalization, HOLLINGS CENTER, Amman, Jordan, Oct. 23-26 2016
10. Plenary Speaker (invited), American Muslims at the Intersection of Religious Freedom and Racial Justice, Twenty
Third Annual International Law and Religion Symposium, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Provo,
UT, Oct. 2-4, 2016
11. Participant in invitation-only Democracy and Security Dialogue (chaired by Secretary Madeleine Albright),
Washington, D.C., June 30, 2016
12. Panel Chair (invited), Ways Forward: How to Empower Formal Institutions to Counter Violent Extremism,
Exploring the Relationship Between Rule of Law and Countering Violent Extremism in the Middle East,
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF LAW AND U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Dubai, UAE, June 1-3,
2016
13. Panel Chair (invited), National Security, Religion, and Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Expression Global
Jurisprudence International Conference, COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL, April 4-5, 2016
14. Plenary Panel (invited), Future Generations in Economic Development in Egypt and the Arab World, THE
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO, May 20-21, 2015
15. Presenter (invited), Borders in Transition: Rethinking Sovereignty, Domestic Politics and International Relations in
the MENA Region, EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE, Florence, Italy, December 11-12, 2014
16. Presenter (invited), Theater or Transitional Justice: Reforming the Judiciary in Egypt, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY IN
QATAR, Doha, Qatar, September 11, 2014
17. Participant (invited), Transitional Justice in the Middle East Workshop, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Doha, Qatar, August 11-13, 2014
18. Presenter (invited), Freedom of Information: A Cornerstone of Egypt’s Democratic Transition, THE ASSOCIATION
FOR THE LEGAL WAY, Alexandria, Egypt, June 27, 2014
19. Presenter (invited), Latest Developments in U.S Civil Rights Law, ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW,
June 28, 2014
20. Participant, Through Egyptian Eyes Academic Workshop, UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO BALSILLIE SCHOOL OF
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, Waterloo, Canada, May 4-5, 2014
21. Participant (invited), THE GLOBAL STRATEGY GROUP MIDDLE EAST, Feb. 11-12, 2014, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
22. Presenter (invited), The Role of Access to Information in Freedom of the Press, FUTURE GENERATIONS IN
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN EGYPT AND THE REGION, American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 9, 2014
23. Presenter (invited), The Role of Law in Post-Revolutionary Egypt, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, Middle East Scholars
Society, Guelph, Canada, October 17, 2013
24. Participant (invited), Developing New Mechanisms to Promote the Muslim Charitable Sector Working Group,
BROOKINGS INSTITUTIONS’ U.S. ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM, Doha, Qatar, May 29-31, 2012
TESTIMONY AND BRIEFINGS BEFORE U.S. CONGRESS AND STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENCIES
Panelist, U.S. Congressional Briefing, The Status of Syrian Refugees in Turkey, Jordan and the U.S., Rayburn House
Building, Washington, D.C., Nov. 6, 2019
Witness (invited), U.S. House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and
Management Efficiency, Hearing Identifying the Enemy: Radical Islamist Terror, Sept. 22, 2016. Testimony available at
https://homeland.house.gov/hearing/identifying-enemy-radical-islamist-terror/
Panelist (invited), Congressional Briefing Hosted by Members of Congress Judy Chu, Bill Pascrell, Jr., Andre Carson,
and Keith Ellison, Countering Violent Extremism, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington, D.C., March 22,
2016
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Witness (invited), Testified before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Federal Civil Rights Engagement with
Muslims and Arabs, Washington, D.C., November 9, 2012. Testimony available at
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2184973
• Cited in Illusion of Justice: Human Rights Abuses in US Terrorism Prosecutions, COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL
HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTE & HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH (2014); 21 ASIAN AM. L.J. 43 (2014).
Witness (invited), Testified before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Strategic Enforcement Plan,
Private, State and Local Government Sectors Roundtable, Washington, D.C., July 18 2012. Testimony available at
http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/meetings/7-18-12/aziz.cfm
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C., Senior
Policy Advisor, 2008-2009
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Washington, D.C., Civil Rights Associate, February 2007-2008
Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr, Washington, D.C., Litigation Associate, 2003 & 2005-2007
The Honorable Andre M. Davis, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Judicial Law Clerk, 2004-2005
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA), Chair of the Committee on Islamic Law and
Society (2020-present)
- U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, New Jersey State Advisory Council (2017-2021)
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Task Force for the Study of Harassment - Member (2015-2016)
- Association of American Law Schools (AALS)
Minority Law Section – Executive Committee (2017-2019)
Law and Religion Section – Executive Committee (2019-present)
Islamic Law Section – Co-Chair (2015); Executive Committee (2016-present)
National Security Section – Executive Committee (2016-present)
International Human Rights Section - Executive Committee (2015-2016)
Civil Rights Section – Executive Committee (2013)
- State Bar of Texas, International Human Rights Committee (2016-2017)
- ACLU of Texas, Board of Directors (2011-2017)
- Egyptian American Rule of Law Association, President (2011-2019)
- American Bar Association (Member)
- Tarrant County Bar Association (Member, 2011-2017)
- Dallas County Bar Association (Member, 2011-2017)
EXTERNAL SERVICE
- Member, Diversity Committee, Law and Society Association (LSA)
- Wiki Scholars Project on 9/11 Related Topics
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- Invited by Human Rights Review to review and provide feedback on article submission on transitional justice in
Morocco
- Invited by Yale Law Journal to review and provide feedback on article submission on terrorism, hate crimes, and
race (Spring 2021)
- Invited by Journal of Refugee Studies (Oxford Press) to review article submission on discrimination against and
coping mechanisms of Muslim refugees in the United States (2020)
- Invited by the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion and Belief in convening on the Impact of
Anti-Muslim Hatred in the Americas (2020)
- Member, John Hope Franklin Prize Committee, Law and Society Association (2019-2020) (invited)
- Invited by Middle East Law and Governance to review article submission on counterterrorism and democracy in
Egypt (2020)
- Invited by Law and Social Inquiry to review article submission on impact of legal pluralism on Muslim immigrants
in the U.S. (2020)
- Invited by Siyasat Arabiya, a peer reviewed academic journal by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies,
to review an article on government corruption and democracy in the Middle East (2019)
- Invited by Routledge to review book proposal on women’s rights in Muslim Mediterranean countries (2019)
- Invited to serve as an external reviewer for promotion of associate professor to professor in Department of Religious
Studies at Michigan State University (2018)
- Invited by University of California Press to review a book proposal on policing of Black women’s bodies in the
workplace arising from dress and hair codes.
- Co-Editor, Race and the Law Profs Blog, Law Profs Blog (2015-present) – Selected in ABA’s Top 100 Blawgs in
2016 and 2017 (http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/racelawprof/)
- Invited by Law and Social Inquiry to review article submission on the judiciary and rule of law in Egypt (2017)
- Invited by Cambridge University Press to review a book manuscript on the relationship between the judiciary and
military in Egypt (2017)
- Invited by the American Journal of Comparative Law to review an article submission on judicial independence in
Egypt (2017)
- Invited by Cambridge University Press to review a book manuscript on the role of women in Egypt’s 2011
uprisings (2016)
- Invited by Global Policy Forum Journal to review an article submission examining the feasibility of transitional
justice in Libya and Yemen (2015)
- Mentor, Bush Institute Women’s Leadership Initiative, Egypt Project (2013-2014)
- Invited by the International Journal of Law in Context (Cambridge Press) to referee a submission examining the
impact of workers’ movement on the Egyptian revolution (2013)
- Invited to review Casebook and Hornbook Reviewer, National Security Law: The Intersection of Law and Policy by
Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Publishing (2012)
- Present regularly at Career Day in Title I middle schools in Fort Worth, Texas (2011-2016)
- Provide Know Your Rights presentations regularly to diverse communities in Dallas/Ft. Worth area (2011-2015)
INTERNAL UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Committees and Student Recruitment
- Member, Rutgers-Newark Chancellor’s Commission on Diversity and Transformation (2019-present)
- Co-Chair, Budget and Planning Committee, Rutgers Law School (2019-2020)
- Faculty Associate, Rutgers Center for Genocide and Human Rights
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- Founder & Chair, Middle East South Asia Working Group, Rutgers University-Newark (2017-2021)
- Member, Faculty Development Committee, Rutgers Law School (2019)
- Member, Academic Standing Committee, Rutgers Law School (2017-2019)
- Member, Human Rights Working Group, Rutgers University-Newark (2017 to present)
- Grants Reviewer, Rutgers Global Grants (2019)
- Recruitment and Academic Support for Minority Student Program, Rutgers Law School
- Proposed 1L Student Advising Program, Texas A&M School of Law (implemented in 2016)
- Member, International Programs Committee, Texas A&M School of Law (2015-2017)
- Member, Texas A&M School of Law Honor Council (2014-2016)
- Member, Faculty Development Committee, Texas A&M School of Law (2015-2016)
- Member (nominated), Dean of Faculties Search Committee, Texas A&M University (2015)
- Chair, Diversity Committee Texas A&M School of Law (2013-2015)
- Faculty Advisor, American Constitution Society Student Chapter, Texas A&M School of Law (2012-present)
Awarded Rising Chapter of the Year 2013-2014 by ACS National
Selected as Chapter of the Week, 2014 & 2015
- Host Committee, Public Interest Law Fellowship Program, Texas A&M School of Law (2014-2016)
- Regularly Participate in Recruitment of Prospective and Admitted Students
Panels and Conferences
1. Presenter, Unpacking Hate: Race, Resistance, Resilience, Rutgers University – New Brunswick, March 26, 2021
2. Presenter, Why Lawyers Are More Important Than Ever, Rutgers Pre-Law Society, Oct. 20, 2020
3. Presenter, 1L Orientation for Rutgers Law Class of 2022, Aug. 18, 2019
4. Panelist, Casting Terror: Intersections of Race and Security Law in a Post-9/11 World, Race and the Law Review
Symposium, Rutgers Law School, Newark, NJ, April 5, 2019
5. Presenter (invited), A Muslim Registry: The Precursor to Internment? Citizenship and the Making of Difference,
RUTGERS EAGLETON INSTITUTE OF POLITICS, New Brunswick, NJ, Feb. 22, 2019
6. Presenter (invited), The Chinese Exclusion and the Contemporary Implications, RUTGERS LAW SCHOOL, Newark,
NJ, Sept. 12, 2018
7. Presenter (invited), Countering Hate in the Community, Fighting Hate While Preserving Freedom: A Best Practices
Forum, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY – NEW BRUNSWICK, March 27, 2018
8. Presenter (Invited), Mobilizing Resistance to White Nationalism, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, Newark, NJ, Nov. 13,
2017
9. Presenter (Invited), Islamophobia and Trump’s Muslim Ban, RUTGERS LAW SCHOOL, Newark, NJ, Oct. 11, 2017
10. Presenter (invited), Uncertainty in the Middle East: Development, Security and Great Power Politics, TEXAS A&M
UNIVERSITY BUSH SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY, March 30, 2017
11. Presenter (invited), Discover Law Program for Minority Prospective Law Students, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF LAW, March 10, 2017
12. Moderator, The Role of Judges in Enforcing International and Regional Agreements, The Global Future of
International Trade, Human Rights, and Development, TEXAS A&M SCHOOL OF LAW, March 2-3, 2017
13. Presenter (invited), Civil Rights and Discrimination Against Muslims, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF
LIBERAL ARTS, February 17, 2017
14. Presenter (invited), Middle East – U.S. Affairs: Fact v. Fiction, Diversity Lunch and Learn Series, TEXAS A&M
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, September 30, 2016
15. Moderator and Organizer, EEOC General Counsel David Lopez: My Year in the U.S. Supreme Court, TEXAS A&M
SCHOOL OF LAW DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS SERIES, January 15, 2016
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16. Concluding Remarks, Security and Technology: Rethinking National Security Symposium, TEXAS A&M LAW
REVIEW (2016)
17. Moderator, Women in the Law, LAW STUDENT DIVERSITY CONFERENCE, Mexican Bar Association, Texas A&M
School of Law, February 19, 2015
18. Moderator, What Happened to the Arab Spring? Examining the Social, Economic, and Political Developments,
Texas A&M School of Law, October 9, 2014
19. Presenter, The Stumbling Democracy in the Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities, Texas A&M School of
Law, April 10, 2014
20. Moderator, Voting Rights in Texas, Texas A&M School of Law, Feb. 3, 2014
21. Moderator, Government Spying & the Threat to Democracy, Texas A&M School of Law, March 26, 2014
22. Presenter and Organizer, Law and Politics in Post-Revolutionary Egypt, Texas A&M School of Law, Oct. 8, 2013
23. Moderator and Organizer, Immigration Story of Boxer Jesus Chavez, Texas A&M School of Law, Sept. 2013
24. Presenter, Arrests at Home, Killings Abroad: Counterterrorism Today, Texas A&M School of Law, Sept. 27, 2012
25. Moderator, Energy Conference, Texas A&M School of Law, March 29, 2012
26. Moderator, Terror/Torture, Law and Humanities Conference, Texas A&M School of Law, March 17, 2012
27. Moderator and Organizer, Indefinite Detention of US Citizens – A Bipartisan Assault on the Bill of Rights, Texas
A&M University School of Law, February 23, 2012
28. Moderator and Organizer, Reflections on Litigating National Security Cases After 9/11, Texas A&M University
School of Law, February 2, 2012
29. Moderator and Organizer, Pity Parties or Bad Business: Employment Discrimination Lawsuits from the Plaintiffs
and Defendants perspectives, Texas A&M University School of Law, Nov. 1, 2011
PRACTITIONER AND PUBLIC POLICY SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
1. Panelist (invited), Empowering Authoritarianism: Impact of Global Competition on Democracy and Human Rights
in the Middle East, US Policy and Global Competition in the Middle East Conference, ARAB CENTER
WASHINGTON DC, Sept. 14, 2021
2. Speaker (invited), The Crisis of Teaching Race – Critical Race Theory, History, and Legal Challenges, MUSLIM
ANTI-RACISM COLLABORATIVE, Aug. 27, 2021
3. Speaker (invited), Critical Race Theory Summer School, AFRICAN AMERICAN POLICY FORUM, Aug. 13, 2021
4. Panelist (invited), Dignity Rights in Asia: Humanitarian Toll of Economic Sanctions, AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
SECTION OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, May 25, 2021
5. Panelist (invited), Ten Years Since Tahrir Square: Egypt Then and Now, PROJECT ON MIDDLE EAST DEMOCRACY,
Jan. 25, 2021
6. Speaker (invited), The Impact of the 2020 US Election Results on Middle East Policy, ARAB CENTER WASHINGTON
DC, Nov. 12, 2020
7. Speaker (invited), Breaking the Silence: Defending the Victims of the “War on Terror,” COALITION FOR CIVIL
FREEDOMS Oct. 10, 2020
8. Panelist (invited), The Effects of Fake News, Tanenbaum Center for Combating Religious Prejudice, Sept. 25, 2020
9. Moderator, Pioneers of Protest: Celebrating 100 Years of Women’s Voting, NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS
CENTER, Aug. 17, 2020
10. Panelist, Book Launch for Presumed Incompetent II: Race, Class and Resistance of Women in Academia, Rutgers
Center for Security, Race and Rights, May 21, 2020
11. Panelist (invited), Strengthening Refugee and Host Communities: Livelihoods, Education, and Social Protections,
THE WILSON CENTER, Washington, D.C., June 26, 2019
12. Participant (invited), Roundtable on Good Governance in the Arab World, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR
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INTERNATIONAL PEACE, Washington D.C., April 24, 2018
13. Moderator (invited), Egypt’s Presidential Elections and U.S. Foreign Policy, Congressional Briefing, U.S. HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington, D.C., March 13, 2018
14. Presenter (invited), Illiberalism Intelligentsia and The Future of Democracy in Egypt, CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF
ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY, Washington, D.C., Jan. 9. 2018
15. Presenter (invited), Islamophobia and Civil Rights Challenges Facing Muslims and Arabs CLE, VANDERBILT LAW
School, Nov. 4, 2017
16. Plenary Panel (invited), The Travel Ban & Other Civil Rights Issues Facing the Trump Administration, ADVANCING
JUSTICE, SERVING COMMUNITIES, National Association of Muslim Lawyers, Chicago, IL, Oct. 14, 2017
17. Presenter (invited), After Raqqa: Responding to the Next Wave of Violent Extremism in a New Era, RESOLVE
Network Global Forum, UNITED STATES INSTITUTE FOR PEACE, Washington, D.C., Sept. 27, 2017
18. Presenter (invited), Religious Institutions, the Judiciary, and the Economy, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR
INTERNATIONAL PEACE, Washington, D.C., June 14, 2017
19. Presenter (invited), Registries of Racial and Religious Minorities, STATE BAR OF TEXAS BILL OF RIGHTS
CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION, Austin, Texas, May 26, 2017
20. Presenter (invited), Trump and the War against “Radical Islamic Terrorism”: Implications for the Region and the
West, The Trump Administration and the Islamic World: From Fighting Extremism to Building Peace and
Prosperity, CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY 18TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Washington, D.C.,
May 18, 2017
21. Presenter (invited), Muslim Couples’ Divorce and Mediation, AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION ALTERNATIVE
DISPUTE RESOLUTION CONFERENCE, San Francisco, CA, April 21, 2017
22. Presenter (invited), Homeland Security and Civil Liberties, FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION MID-YEAR ANNUAL
CONFERENCE, Washington, D.C., March 18, 2017
23. Presenter (invited), Civil Rights Challenges Facing Muslim Communities in Texas, ACLU OF TEXAS, Dallas,
Texas, Feb. 26, 2017
24. Presenter (invited), Economic and Political Stability in Egypt, CANADIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE SERVICES,
Dec. 6, 2016
25. Participant (invited), Debate on the Net Harms and Net Gains of Countering Violent Extremism, ISLAMIC SOCIETY
OF NORTH AMERICA ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Chicago, IL, Sept. 3, 2016
26. Participants (invitation only), Democracy and Security Dialogue, UNITED STATES INSTITUTE FOR PEACE,
Washington, D.C., June 30, 2016 (moderated by former Secretary Madeleine Albright)
27. Panelist (invited), Democratization, Authoritarianism, and Radicalism, THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF ISLAM
AND DEMOCRACY, Washington, D.C., April 21, 2016
28. Panelist (invited), Texas and the Syrian Refugee Crisis, SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY, Dallas, Texas, March
23, 2016
29. Panelist (invited), Tips for Success in the Second Semester of the 1L Year, DALLAS YOUNG LAWYERS
ASSOCIATION, Haynes and Boone, Dallas, Texas, Feb. 27, 2016
30. Panelist (invited), Status of Civil Rights Facing Arab and Muslim Americans, ARAB AMERICAN NATIONAL
SUMMIT, Detroit, MI, Nov. 7, 2015
31. Panelist (invited), Understanding Cultural Differences in Mediation, TEXAS MEDIATORS CREDENTIALING
ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Austin, Texas, Oct. 17, 2015
32. Panelist (invited), Islam in the Workplace: A Postscript to the Supreme Court Ruling EEOC v. Abercrombie &
Fitch Stores, Inc., TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 7, 2015
33. Panelist (invited), Race and Policing: Legal and Policy Considerations, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT PLANNERS, Arlington, Texas, Sept. 22, 2015
34. Panelist (invited), To Vote or Not to Vote: Egypt’s Diverse Electorate, ATLANTIC COUNCIL, Washington, D.C.,
March 31, 2015
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35. Presenter, Egypt’s Election: Justice, Gender and Human Rights, THE ROBERT F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR JUSTICE
& HUMAN RIGHTS, Washington, DC, May 21, 2014
36. Panelist (invited), Cultural Considerations When Working with Arabs, Muslims, and South Asians, ALTERNATIVE
DISPUTE RESOLUTION CONTINUE LEGAL EDUCATION COURSE, STATE BAR OF TEXAS, Dallas, Texas, January 17,
2014
37. Presenter, STATE BAR OF TEXAS, Alternative Dispute Resolution Continue Legal Education Conference, Serving
Muslim, and Arab, and South Asian Clients, Dallas, Texas, January 17, 2014
38. Panelist (with Professor Nathan Brown), Egypt’s New Constitution: Fulfilling the Revolution’s Goals, THE
ATLANTIC COUNCIL, Washington, D.C., Dec. 11, 2013 (invited)
39. Presenter (invited), Workshop on Democratic Governance and the Post-2015 Framework, THE UNITED NATIONS,
New York, NY, Dec. 3, 2013
40. Panelist (invited), The Future of Democracy in Egypt: Notes From the Ground, MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE,
Washington, DC, July 25, 2013
41. Presenter (invited), The Status of Women After Egypt’s January 25 Revolution, NATIONAL WOMEN’S DEMOCRATIC
ASSOCIATION, January 26, 2013
42. Presenter (invited), Criminal Prosecution for Charitable Acts, NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION, Law and Religion
Program, Chicago, Illinois, April 27-28, 2012
43. Presenter (invited), Intelligence Goes Local – Mapping the Domestic Security Matrix at the Local Level, Securing
Our Rights Conference, RIGHTS WORKING GROUP, San Francisco, CA, December 1-2, 2011
44. Presenter, Religious Accommodation & Discrimination In The Workplace: Common Trends In Cases Involving
Religious Minorities, NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE, New Orleans,
LA, June 29-July 2, 2011
45. Presenter (invited), Democratic Transition in Egypt, U.S. Congressional Briefing, NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR
DEMOCRACY, June 22, 2011
46. Presenter (invited), SAIC Thought Leadership Conference, SAIC, May 24, 2011
47. Presenter (invited), The Egyptian Revolution and Its Implications for an Awakened Middle East, NEW YORK CITY
BAR ASSOCIATION, April 25, 2011
48. Presenter, The Tahrir Promise: The Challenges for Democracy, THE ASPEN INSTITUTE, April 14, 2011
49. Presenter (invited), Transition to Meaningful Democracy in Egypt, U.S. CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING hosted by the
American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, March 2, 2011
50. Presenter (invited), Relationships Between Arab-Americans and Law Enforcement, U.S. CONGRESSIONAL
BRIEFING hosted by the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, February 8, 2011
51. Presenter (invited), Cutting the Fuse: Beyond the War on Terrorism, NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION, October 12,
2010
52. Presenter (invited), Religious Freedom Rights Training Session, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Civil Rights
Division, October 4, 2010
53. Presenter (invited), Racial and Religious Profiling in a Post-9/11 America, NATIONAL NETWORK OF ARAB
AMERICAN COMMUNITIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE, September 24, 2010
54. Presenter (invited), U.S. Domestic Integration Policies, A Model System versus a Mediocre System? A Comparison
of Muslim Immigration and Integration in the U.S. and Germany, AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR GERMAN STUDIES,
Washington, D.C. October 8, 2009
55. Presenter (invited), Beyond Cairo: Muslim Civic Engagement under the Obama Administration, KARAMAH:
MUSLIM WOMEN LAWYERS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. July 25, 2009
56. Presenter (invited), Current events and civil rights issues impacting Somalis in America, Boston Massachusetts,
April 2009
57. Racial Harassment of Arabs, Muslims, and South Asians After September 11, NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS
ASSOCIATION NATIONAL CONFERENCE, Atlanta, Georgia, June 2008
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58. Presenter (invited), Civil Rights Issues Affecting Arabs, South Asians, and Muslims Post 9/11, TEXAS BAR
ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CLE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, Austin, Texas, May 2008
EDITORIALS
1. AL JAZEERA, 9/11 and the Racial Limitations of Religious Freedom in America, Sept. 10, 2021
2. AMERICAN CONSTITUTION SOCIETY, The Power of Language in Combating Islamophobia, Sept. 2, 2021
3. THE NEW ARAB, Cornel West’s Resignation: When Anti-Black and Anti-Palestinian Racism Converge in U.S.
Academia, July 23, 2021
4. AL JAZEERA, Racial Reckoning is Shifting U.S. Public Opinion on Palestine, May 20, 2021
5. AL JAZEERA, Why Trump is Not Likely to Pardon Himself, Jan. 19, 2021
6. MEDIUM, The FBI’s Racialized Priorities Endangered Our Democracy, Jan. 10, 2021
7. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ISLAMOPHOBIA RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION PROJECT, Islamophobic
Undertones of Attacks on Muslim Challenger to Pelosi, Oct. 26, 2020
8. AL JAZEERA, Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Legacy of Empathy and Courage, Sept. 22, 2020
9. AL JAZEERA, No Justice for Post-9/11 Discrimination, Sept. 11, 2020
10. AL JAZEERA, A Domestic Terror Law Could Quash Political Dissent in the US, June 13, 2020
11. THE NEW ARAB, How Trump is Using Coronavirus to Push His White Nationalist Election Agenda, Apr. 24, 2020
12. AL JAZEERA, Stop Anti-Asian Racism Before it is Normalized, April 12, 2020
13. THE NEW ARAB, Accusing Bernie Sanders of Anti-Semitism Amounts to Thinly Veiled Islamophobia, Dec. 23, 2019
14. AMERICAN CONSTITUTION SOCIETY EXPERT FORUM, Court Recognizes Reputational Harm to Muslims on Terrorist
Watchlist, Sept. 16, 2019
15. THE NEW ARAB, Israel’s Tlaib-Omar Ban a Signature Practice of Non-Democratic States, Aug. 26, 2019
16. THE WILSON CENTER, U.S. Leadership Needed on Syrian Refugee Crisis, June 20, 2019
17. JADALIYYA, The Fragility of Law in an Era of Autocratic Populism, June 12, 2019
18. THE NEW ARAB, Calls to Ban Muslim Brotherhood Aim to Criminalize U.S. Muslims, Not Counter Terrorism, May
10, 2019
19. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib Show Muslim Women Do Not Need Saving, Feb. 26, 2019
20. CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT INT’L PEACE SADA JOURNAL, Egypt’s Lost Academic Freedom, Jan. 24, 2019 (co-authored
with Professor Amy Austin Holmes)
21. THE NEW ARAB, Stop Abusing State Power to Quash Palestinian Activism on Campus, Sept. 19, 2018
22. THE NEW ARAB, U.S. Supreme Court Blesses Muslim Ban, Undermines Religious Liberty, June 27, 2018 (solicited)
23. AMERICAN CONSTITUTION SOCIETY, America Needs a CIA Director with a Strong Moral Compass, Haspel Falls
Short, May 15, 2018 (solicited)
24. THE NEW ARAB, Travel ban 3.0 still doesn't conceal Trump's anti-Muslim bias, Dec. 7, 2017
25. HUFFINGTON POST, Lessons to Learn from Terrorist Attack in NYC, Nov. 2, 2017
26. THE NEW ARAB, Unequal Pay for Women Remains a Norm in Western “Liberal” Countries, July 27, 2017
27. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM INSTITUTE, With Democratization Comes More Religious Freedom and Less Terrorism, July
10, 2017
28. CNN.COM, Trump’s Doublespeak in Saudi Arabia, May 21, 2017
29. HUFFINGTON POST, Trump’s Authoritarian Administration, May 19, 2017
30. THE PROGRESSIVE, Opposing the Rise of State-Sponsored Islamophobia, March 27, 2017
31. CNN.COM, Trump’s Speech: How’d He Do?, March 1, 2017
32. FOX NEWS, Trump’s Immigrant Ban Part of a Long, Sad Tradition, Jan. 28, 2017
33. HUFFINGTON POST, Postcard from Egypt During Christmas, Dec. 29, 2016
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34. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES, Trump has created a toxic environment for Muslims – Americans who oppose
bigotry must act, Nov. 9, 2016
35. CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INT’L PEACE SADA JOURNAL, The Expanding Jurisdiction of Egypt’s Military Courts,
Oct. 12, 2016
36. THE NEW ARAB, Testifying Before Homeland Security: Identify the Enemy, Sept. 27, 2016
37. THE NEW ARAB, Burkini Ban: Latest in Transnational Gender Debates, August 31, 2016
38. BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, Countering Violent Extremism Programs Are Not Solution to Orlando Mass Shooting,
June 29, 2016 (highlighted LAWFARE.COM)
39. CNN.COM, Don’t Let Terror Divide LGBTQ, Muslim Communities, June 14, 2016
40. CNN.COM, Breaking the Ultimate Glass Ceiling, June 9, 2016 (invited to contribute comments along with Gloria
Steinem, Barbara Ehrenreich, Donna Brazile, Terry O’Neill, and Anne-Marie Slaughter)
41. THE NEW ARAB, Egypt’s Unsustainable Military Regime, May 19, 2016
42. HUFFINGTON POST, Countering Violent Extremism Coming to a Church Near You, March 23, 2016
43. BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, In calling on Muslims to oppose terrorism, Obama ignores its root causes, Feb. 16, 2016
44. CNN.COM, Sanders, Trump Stun America, Feb. 10, 2016
45. THE CONVERSATION, Scholars: Trumps’ Call to Ban Muslims is UnAmerican, Dec. 11, 2015
46. CNN.COM, Don’t Collectively Punish Muslims, Dec. 4, 2015
47. CNN.COM, Online Debate, How to Defeat ISIS, Nov. 30, 2015
48. DALLAS MORNING NEWS, Identifying the Wrong Culprit for Terrorism, Nov. 24, 2015
49. THE CONVERSATION, Sisi Signals Shift Toward Muslim Brotherhood, Nov. 13, 2015
50. HUFFINGTON POST, Fourteen Years After 9/11 – Are We Safer?, Sept. 14, 2015
51. THE ISLAMIC MONTHLY, Online Debate on Countering Violent Extremism, June 27, 2015
52. HUFFINGTON POST, Religious Liberty, Free Speech Necessary Pre-Conditions for Great American Experiment, May
20, 2015 (co-authored with Annette Lamoreaux)
53. WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, Morsi Sentence Latest Sign of Politicized Justice in Egypt, May 12, 2015 (solicited)
54. AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN, From Cairo to Baltimore – of Revolutions and Riots, May 6, 2015
55. THE ISLAMIC MONTHLY, Lone Wolf Terrorism and Anti-Minority Legislation, Feb. 26, 2015
56. CNN.com, Women Facing Anti-Muslim Backlash, Jan 25, 2015
57. CNN.COM, How to prevent another Paris? Experts debate issues that divide, unite, Jan. 15, 2015
58. WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, Corruption Hobbles El-Sissi’s Economic Recovery Plans for Egypt, Dec. 24, 2014
(solicited)
59. HUFFINGTON POST, White House Announces Countering Violent Extremism Program: Is it Pretext for Spying on
Muslims?, Oct. 1, 2014
60. FOXNEWS.COM, Don’t Blame Religion for Rise of ISIS, September 4, 2014
61. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, The New Muslim American Leaders, July 24, 2014
62. THE BRICS POST, In Egypt-US Relations, Counterterrorism Trumps Human Rights, May 1, 2014
63. CAIRO REVIEW OF GLOBAL AFFAIRS, Mass Death Sentences in Egypt Highlight Need for Judicial Reform, March
31, 2014
64. AHRAM ONLINE, Political Stability Remains Elusive for Egypt, Feb. 23, 2014
65. CNN.com, The War on Terror’s Authoritarian Template, Jan. 13, 2014
66. HUFFINGTON POST, The Fallacy of the Colorblind Narrative in Voting Rights, Nov. 19, 2013
67. HUFFINGTON POST, Rural America Would Benefit From More Muslim Families, Oct. 15, 2013
68. CNN.COM, Authoritarians Return to Run Egypt, Sept. 19, 2013
69. THE DAILY STAR Did the Sinai Situation Doom Morsi, Sept. 2, 2013
70. CNN.COM, Six Lessons for Egypt, July 5, 2013
71. DAILY NEWS EGYPT, New Draft NGO Law Squeezes Civil Society, June 25, 2013 (co-authored with Hany Thabet)
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72. CNN.COM, Muslims to Tea Party: Welcome to Our World, May 15, 2013
73. FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM, Focus on bombing victim's message of peace, April 23, 2013
74. HUFFINGTON POST, Our Values Must Unite Us After Boston Tragedy, April 15, 2013
75. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, Egypt’s War of Attrition, Apr. 7, 2013
76. HUFFINGTON POST, Paradoxes of Community Policing in Counterterrorism, Feb. 27, 2013
77. CNN.COM, Egypt’s Corruption Woes, February 8, 2013
78. AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION JOURNAL, Kristin Choo, Muslim women lawyers aim to reconcile traditional beliefs
with secular society, February 1, 2013 (featured in article)
79. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Egypt and other Arab democracies will not survive without including more women,
Dec. 12, 2012
80. CNN.COM, Freedom means the right to wear the veil, too, Dec. 5, 2012
81. EGYPTSOURCE, Egypt’s Constitutional Drafting Process Shows Diverse Population Ready for Democracy, Nov. 21,
2012
82. THE ISLAMIC MONTHLY,“Ask The Expert” election column, October 2012
83. DALLAS MORNING NEWS, Sarah Mervosh, SMU Forum Examines Freedom of Speech, Hate Crimes Against Muslim
and Sikhs, October 1, 2012 (featured in article)
84. HUFFINGTON POST, Anti-Muslim Extremist Video Calls for Counter-Narrative by Mainstream American, September
20, 2012
85. TRUTHOUT.COM, Creeping Counterterrorism: From Muslims to Political Protesters, August 24, 2012
86. THE EGYPTIAN MONOCLE, What Egypt’s Women Want, June 27, 2012
87. THE GUARDIAN, As Army and Brotherhood Tussle, Egyptians Look to the US as Guarantor, co-author, June 22,
2012
88. HUFFINGTON POST, Selective Counterterrorism Practices Threaten Social Mobility of American Muslims, June 15,
2012
89. HUFFINGTON POST, To Stop Corruption, Egypt Needs A Freedom of Information Law, co-author, May 23, 2012
90. HOUSTON CHRONICLE, Let's Take Back Our Civil Liberties, May 22, 2012
91. HOUSTON CHRONICLE, Radical Acts Can Help Moderates Make Progress on Women's Rights in Middle East, May
5, 2012
92. HUFFINGTON POST, Does Radical Feminism Advance Arab Women’s Rights, May 1, 2012
93. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Punishing Muslims for Free Speech Only Helps Al Qaeda, April 19, 2012
94. THE GUARDIAN, Racial profiling by law enforcement is poisoning Muslim Americans’ trust, February 21, 2012
95. ATLANTIC COUNCIL, Soccer, Egypt, and SCAF-Sponsored Hooliganism, co-author, February 10, 2012
96. HUFFINGTON POST, The Importance of Muslim Women in Counter-Terrorism, January 20, 2012
97. HUFFINGTON POST, The Contradictions of Obama’s Outreach to American Muslims, December 19, 2011
98. HUFFINGTON POST, Rule of Law, Not Rule by Law for Egypt, November 26, 2011
99. HUFFINGTON POST, Time to Address Violence Against Muslim Women, November 2, 2011
100. ISLAMIC MONTHLY MAGAZINE National Insecurities: Between the Law and Liberty in Counterterrorism
America, (September 2011) (solicited)
101. TEXAS LAWYER, Texas Wesleyan Law Professor Discusses Post Sept 11 World, September 5, 2011
102. FOREIGN POLICY.COM, What’s Behind the Egyptian Military’s Attacks on Civil Society, August 18, 2011
103. TRUTHOUT.COM, Why Isn’t Jared Lee Loughner a Homegrown Terrorist?, January 12, 2011
104. AMERICAN CONSTITUTION SOCIETY BLOG, Delegitimizing Civil Society: Why the Supreme Court Got it Wrong
in Humanitarian Law Project, July 16, 2010
105. CNN.COM, Ease Restrictions on Charitable Giving, June 4, 2010
106. AMERICAN CONSTITUTION SOCIETY BLOG, Provision, April 2, 2010
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107. JURIST.COM, KindHearts Case Exposes Treasury’s Unconstitutional Practices in Freezing Assets of Muslim
Charities, September 3, 2009
TELEVISION APPEARANCES & MEDIA INTERVIEWS
1. ABC NEWS, ‘The Longest Shadow’: 9/11 Leads to the Militarization of US Police Departments, Sept. 11, 2021
2. FRANCE24 ARABIC, Live Coverage of 20th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemoration, Sept. 11, 2021
3. THE SMITHSONIAN, We Are Not a Stereotype: Muslims and Islamophobia in the 9/11 Era, September 2021
https://smithsonianapa.org/learn/not-a-stereotype/
4. THE MAYDAN PODCAST, Sahar Aziz on Race, Security and the Racial Muslim, Sept. 8, 2021
5. CHINA GLOBAL TELEVISION NETWORK, The Heat: Impact of 9/11 on Muslim Americans, Sept. 10, 2021
6. DESERET NEWS, How 9/11 Changed American Muslims’ Relationship with Religious Freedom, Sept. 4, 2021
7. LE POINT INTERNATIONAL, 11 Septembre, l’héritage encombrant pour Joe Biden, Aug. 26, 2021
8. TRT WORLD, U.N. Report on Systemic Racism, June 28, 2021
9. CHINA GLOBAL TELEVISION NETWORK, Floyd’s Death Anniversary: U.S. Racial Reckoning, May 26, 2021
10. TRT WORLD, Latest Developments in Palestine-Israel Conflict, May 12, 2021
11. MIDDLE EAST EYE, Biden urged to appoint envoy to counter Islamophobia 'epidemic,' May 7, 2021
12. THE HILL TV, Poll Finds Overwhelming Support For US Troops Withdrawing From Afghanistan, April 29,
2021
13. CHINA GLOBAL TELEVISION NETWORK, The Heat: U.S. Immigration Reform, March 2, 2021
14. BBC WORLD, Senate Votes on Constitutionality of Trying Former President Trump, Feb. 9, 2021
15. THE HILL TV, Support for National Guard to Remain in DC, Feb. 5, 2021
16. NORTHJERSEY.COM, Ten Years After the Revolution, Egyptian Exiles ‘still fighting’ for Reform, Jan. 25, 2021
17. THE HILL TV, Exclusive Poll finds Massive Concern for Violence Ahead of Biden's Inauguration, Jan. 15, 2021
18. NORTHJERSEY.COM, It does happen here: New Jerseyans say political violence is part of America's history, Jan.
13, 2021
19. SREE’S GLOBAL SHOW, WHITE EXTREMISM AND THE CAPITOL INSURRECTION, Jan. 12, 2021
20. SUPERMAJORITY NEWS, MENA Women Played An Important Role In This Election, Nov. 10, 2020
21. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, What Next for America After Joe Biden Declared President-Elect?, Nov. 8, 2020
22. CHINA GLOBAL TELEVISION NETWORK, Impact of Presidential Elections on U.S. Immigration, Nov. 3, 2020
23. AL JAZEERA ARABIC, Impact of Expected US Presidential Elections Results on Middle East, Oct. 27, 2020
24. BBC WORLD, Confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to U.S. Supreme Court, Oct. 26, 2020
25. MARKETWATCH, Can Your Employer Require You to Take a COVID-19 Vaccine, Oct. 6, 2020
26. AL JAZEERA, INSIDE STORY, Can Protesters Achieve Political Change in Egypt, Sept. 27, 2020
27. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, Egyptian Protests Demand Resignation of President Sisi, Sept. 25, 2020
28. BBC WORLD, Trump’s Shortlist for New Supreme Court Justice, Sept. 21, 2020
29. BBC WORLD, Political Implications of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Death, Sept 19, 2020
30. HILL.TV, Conceding elections NOT IMPORTANT, 1 in 5 voters say, Sept. 10, 2020
31. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, U.S. Imposes Sanctions on ICC Prosecutors, Sept. 2, 2020
32. VICE, They Got Away With a Gang Rape They Captured on Video. Then Came Instagram., Sept. 1, 2020
33. AL JAZEERA, INSIDE STORY, Why are U.S. Federal Troops Confronting Anti-Racism Protesters?, July 24, 2020
34. THE HILL, What America’s Thinking, July 23, 2020
35. CHINA GLOBAL TELEVISION NETWORK, THE HEAT, Protests for Racial Justice in the U.S., June 6, 2020
36. AL JAZEERA INSIDE STORY, How Divisive is Politics in the U.S., May 31, 2020
37. THE REAL NEWS, Stir Crazy Show Episode 21, April 24, 2020
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38. INDUS NEWS, The Scope, White Supremacists Seek to Spread COVID19 to Racial Minorities, Mar. 26, 2020
39. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, What Happens Next After Trump Impeachment Trial?, Feb. 6, 2020
40. WALLETHUB, Economic Impact of Immigration by State, Jan. 28, 2020
41. PROJECT ON MIDDLE EAST DEMOCRACY, “Why Did Egyptian Democratization Fail?” Fourteen Experts
Respond, Jan. 25, 2020
42. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, Egyptian-American Dies in Egyptian Prison, Jan. 13, 2020
43. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, US House of Representatives Votes to Impeach Trump, Dec. 18, 2019
44. BBC WORLD, U.S. House Prepares to Issue Articles of Impeachment Against Trump, Dec. 5, 2019
45. BBC WORLD, HOUSE JUDICIARY HOLDS HEARING ON TRUMP IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY, Dec. 3, 2019
46. INSIDER NJ, Political Polarization in an Era of Islamophobia, Politically Direct with Fernando Uribe, Nov.
19, 2019
47. BBC WORLD, Trump Pays $2 Million in Settlement of Charity Case, Nov. 7, 2019
48. BBC WORLD, Protests Erupt in Egypt, Sept. 24, 2019
49. THE MEDIA LINE, Several Protesters Killed in Sudan Ahead of Reconciliation Talks, July 29, 2019
50. TRT WORLD, U.S. Emulating Militaristic Model in Building Border Wall, June 26, 2019
51. TRT WORLD, Former Egyptian President Morsi Dies in Court, June 17, 2019
52. CHINA GLOBAL TELEVISION NETWORK, Hate Crimes Increase in U.S., April 29, 2019
53. THE ATLANTIC, Young Activists Are Done With Loyalty Tests. Donald Trump Is Not, April 16, 2019
54. BBC WORLD, Barr Decides Not to Charge Trump After Mueller Report, March 24, 2019
55. BBC WORLD, Mueller Ends Investigation of Trump, March 22, 2019
56. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, Egypt Refuses NYT Reporter David Kirkpatrick Entry, Feb. 19, 2019
57. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, ICE Creates Fake University, Arrests International Students, Feb. 4, 2019
58. PBS NEWSHOUR, Trump has threatened to declare a national emergency to build a wall. Is that legal?, Jan. 10,
2019
59. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, Inside Story: Trump’s Speech on Border Wall and Immigration, Jan. 10, 2019
60. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, Bombing of Tourist Bus in Egypt, Dec. 29, 2018
61. VOICE OF AMERICA, Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak Testifies Against Mohamed Morsi, Dec. 28, 2018
62. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, Why are Immigrant Children Dying in US Custody, December 26, 2018
63. GOOD LAW BAD LAW PODCAST, Trump, Anti-Muslim Rhetoric and the Supreme Court, Nov. 23, 2018
64. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, What Can Jamal Khashoggi Tape Reveal About His Murder, Nov. 16, 2018
65. BBC WORLD, Ramifications of Kavanaugh’s Confirmation to US Supreme Court, Oct. 8, 2018
66. NORTHJERSEY.COM, Rutgers Law Professors: Confirmation of Kavanaugh Could Have ‘Devastating Effects,”
Oct. 5, 2018
67. BBC WORLD, Impact of FBI Investigation on Kavanaugh Nomination to US Supreme Court, Oct. 4, 2018
68. BBC ARABIC, Trump Announces New Cybersecurity Strategy, Sept. 21, 2018
69. BBC WORLD, Allegations of Sexual Assault on Kavanaugh’s Nomination to US Supreme Court, Sept. 17, 2018
70. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, Inside Story: Mass Death Sentences in Egypt, Sept. 9, 2018
71. BUZZFEED, The Entrenched Effects of Misconduct in the Restaurant Industry, Sept. 13, 2018
72. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, Fifth Anniversary of Raba’a Massacre in Egypt, Aug. 14, 2018
73. NATIONAL REVIEW, Religious-Freedom and LGBT Advocates Offer Rare Lessons in Pluralism, July 2, 2018
74. NORTHJERSEY.COM, Could the Supreme Court's travel ban ruling lead Trump to bar visitors from other
countries?, June 29, 2018
75. NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO: THE TAKEAWAY, Travel Ban Upheld: What Happens Now?, June 26, 2018
76. BBC ARABIC, U.S. Withdraws From U.N. Human Rights Council, June 20, 2018
77. KANSAS PUBLIC RADIO, Separating Immigrant Families, June 20, 2018
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78. THE INTERCEPT, Federal “Countering Violent Extremism” Grants Focus on Minority Communities—Including
Schools, June 15, 2018
79. THE INTERCEPT, One Teen and Three FBI Operatives: Was the Government Behind a 17-Year-Old’s Terror
Plot in Texas?, May 23, 2018
80. CHINA GLOBAL TELEVISION NETWORK, Egypt’s Elections and the Economy, March 26, 2018
81. THE INTERCEPT, Bigoted Election Campaigns, Not Terror Attacks, Drive Anti-Muslim Activity, March 11, 2018
82. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, Egypt’s Presidential Elections Race Under Way, Feb. 24, 2018
83. NEWSWEEK, Neo-Nazi Who Calls for “Slaughter” of Jewish Children is of Jewish Descent, Jan. 3, 2018
84. BUZZFEED, We Got Government Data On 20 Years Of Workplace Sexual Harassment Claims. These Charts
Break It Down, Dec. 5, 2017
85. BBC WORLD NEWS, Former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq Returns to Egypt for Presidential Elections, Dec. 3,
2017
86. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, Ahmed Shafiq Barred from Leaving UAE, Dec. 2, 2017
87. NPR, Militants kill 305 in Attack on Mosque in Sinai, Nov. 26, 2017
88. THE INTERCEPT, Long Before Halloween Attack, NYPD Spying on Sayfullo Saipov’s Mosque Broke Down
Community Bonds, Nov. 10, 2017
89. CHINA GLOBAL TELEVISION NETWORK, The Evolving Threat of Terrorism, Sept. 11, 2017
90. CHINA GLOBAL TELEVISION NETWORK, Egypt’s Economy, Aug. 30, 2017
91. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, Latest Developments on Riff Between Qatar and Gulf Nations, July 7, 2017
92. BBC WORLD NEWS, U.S Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Trump’s Travel Ban, June 26, 2017
93. NYC PUBLIC RADIO: THE TAKEAWAY, Egypt Restricts Aid as Attacks on Christians Continue, May 31, 2017
94. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, Trump Visits Middle East on First Foreign Trip, May 22, 2017
95. BBC WORLD NEWS, Trump Visits Saudi Arabia, May 21, 2017
96. WASHINGTON POST, Muslims in U.S. cynical over tone, message in Trump’s speech, May 21, 2017
97. MIC, Trump condemns terrorism in the name of religion, but these experts aren't impressed, May 22, 2017
98. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, Church Bombings in Egypt, April 9, 2017
99. BBC WORLD NEWS, Judge Neil Gorsuch’s Confirmation to U.S. Supreme Court, April 7, 2017
100. THE NATION, Even Muslim-American Citizens Have Been Caught in the Net of Trump’s Travel Ban, March 23,
2017
101. PBS NEWSHOUR, What is it like to be a Muslim at a Baptist university? Feb. 17, 2017
102. WASHINGTON POST, This group believes Islam threatens America: ‘It’s a spiritual battle of good and evil.’ Feb.
18, 2017
103. THE INTERCEPT, 48 Questions the FBI Uses to Determine if Someone is Likely a Terrorist, Feb. 14, 2017
104. DUKE WORLD POLICY JOURNAL, Partnering Up: How to Work with Religious Leaders to Counter Violent
Extremism, February 2017
105. BBC WORLD NEWS, Impact of Trump’s Executive Orders, Feb. 7, 2017
106. USA TODAY, Changing CVE to Focus on Islam Is Counterproductive, Critics Say, Feb. 2, 2017
107. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, Challenges to Trump’s Muslim Ban Executive Order, Jan. 30, 2017
108. DALLAS MORNING NEWS, Muslims & Supporters Call for Understanding in ‘Friendship, Not Suspicion’ Jan.
24, 2017
109. BBC WORLD NEWS, Analysis of Trump’s Inaugural Speech, Jan. 20, 2017
110. BBC WORLD NEWS, Impact of Trump’s Victory on Civil Rights, Nov. 11, 2016
111. FOX NEWS CHANNEL 4, Muslim Law Professor Reacts to Latest Presidential Debate, Oct. 10, 2016
112. BBC WORLD NEWS, ISIS Second in Command Killed in Syria, August 31, 2016 (aired live on PBS America)
113. THE CONVERSATION, Immigration: Five Essential Reads, August 31, 2016
114. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, U.S. Silent as Egyptian Journalists Sentenced to Death, June 18, 2016
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115. KERA PUBLIC RADIO NEWSHOUR, Why Extra Security Might Not Be Enough at ‘Soft Targets’, June 13, 2016
116. KPFA PUBLIC RADIO, After Orlando, June 23, 2016
117. LOS ANGELES PUBLIC RADIO, The Human Rights Situation in Egypt, May 22, 2016
118. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, Egyptian Journalists Sentenced to Death, May 5, 2016
119. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, American woman jailed for 'insulting' United Arab Emirates, April 12, 2016
120. TORONTO STAR, Egypt faces a reckoning over its strongman ways, April 10, 2016
121. KERA PUBLIC RADIO NEWSHOUR, North Texas Muslims Aren't Happy With Ted Cruz, March 25, 2016
122. CNN Money, Unstereotyped: Muslim Feminists Fight for Change, March 18, 2016, available here
123. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, Egypt shuts down NGO that helps torture victims, Feb. 17, 2016
124. CBS-DFW, MITCH CARR RADIO SHOW, Congressional Debate over Replacing Justice Scalia, Feb. 17, 2016
125. WALL STREET JOURNAL, Obama Makes First Visit to U.S. Mosque, Feb. 3, 2016
126. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, NYPD Settles Lawsuit Alleging Mass Surveillance on Muslims, Jan. 7, 2016
127. LOS ANGELES TIMES, AFTER TERROR ATTACKS, Muslim women say headscarves have made them targets for
harassment, Dec. 10, 2015
128. WALL STREET JOURNAL, San Bernardino Shooting Prompts Soul Searching Among U.S. Muslims, Dec. 9, 2015
129. MSNBC, Shooting Sparks Fears of Muslim American Backlash, Dec. 4, 2015
130. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, Egyptian Court Releases Gamal and Alaa Mubarak, Oct. 12, 2015
131. AL JAZEERA AMERICA, Egyptian President Pardon’s Al Jazeera Journalists, Sept. 23, 2015
132. THE TORONTO STAR,, Fahmy’s Pardon a Bright Spot in Egypt’s Murky System, Sept. 23, 2015
133. CBS-DFW, MITCH CARR RADIO SHOW, Fourteenth Anniversary of 9/11, Sept. 11, 2015
134. ABC AUSTRALIA RADIO, Egypt Passes New Counterterrorism Law, August 17, 2015
135. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, Morsi Death Sentence Confirmed in Egypt, June 16, 2015,
136. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, Policeman Convicted in Killing of Shaima Al-Sabbagh in Egypt, June 11, 2015
137. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Muslim Female Applicant in EEOC v. Abercrombie &
Fitch, June 1, 2015
138. NEW YORK TIMES, Egyptian Court Sentences Ousted President Morsi to Death, May 16, 2015
139. THE BUSINESS SECTION (INDONESIA RADIO), Egypt’s Judiciary – Repressing a Revolution, May 15, 2015
140. DALLAS MORNING NEWS, Dallas-area Muslim leaders denounce violence at Garland cartoon exhibit, May 4,
2015
141. KERA TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO, Muslim Community Responds to Garland Shootings, May 5, 2015
142. AL JAZEERA AMERICA, Morsi Convicted to 20 years in prison, April 21, 2015
143. RUSSIA TODAY, Death Toll Rises in Yemen as Saudis Ramp Up Operation Decisive Storm, March 31, 2015
144. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, UK Proposes Reforming Asylum Detention Practices, March 16, 2015
145. ARAB VOICES PACIFICA RADIO, Rise in Violence in the Middle East and Hate Crimes against American
Muslims, February 24, 2015
146. KERA NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, ‘We Are All One’: North Texan Muslims Remember Chapel Hill Victims,
Feb. 16, 2015
147. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, INSIDE EGYPT, Fourth Anniversary of Egypt’s Revolution, Jan. 25, 2015
148. YAHALLAH VOICE ARAB AMERICAN RADIO, Muslim and Arab Civil Rights in the US, Jan. 20. 2015
149. CBS-DFW, MITCH CARR RADIO SHOW, Terrorist Attack in Paris, Jan. 19, 2015
150. AL JAZEERA AMERICA, INSIDE STORY, Prosecutions of AJE Journalists in Egypt, Dec. 29, 2014
151. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, Youth Protests in Egypt, Nov. 28, 2014
152. Featured in UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF RACE AND RACE RELATIONS Newsletter, Fall
2014, available here
153. RADIO VOICE OF RUSSIA, The FBI’s Search for ISIS Recruits in the U.S., October 9, 2014
154. NPR, Is translating jihadist texts a crime? SCOTUS might take up case this term, SEPTEMBER 4, 2014
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155. RUSSIA TODAY, Police Increasingly Using Excessive Force, August 14, 2014
156. NILE TV, The Role of the Diaspora in Egypt’s Transition to Democracy, July 6, 2014 (with Shahira Amin)
157. AL JAZEERA AMERICA, Rise in Sexual Assault Grips Egypt, June 9, 2014
158. FOX NEWS, SPECIAL REPORT WITH BRET BAEIR, Analysis of Egypt’s Presidential Elections, May 28, 2014
159. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, Analysis of Egypt’s Presidential Elections, May 25, 2014, FOX NEWS, SPECIAL REPORT
WITH BRET BAEIR, Egypt’s Presidential Elections, May 23, 2014
160. TIME MAGAZINE, Egypt’s Judges Flex Their Muscles, May 13, 2014
161. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, 683 Sentenced to Death in Egypt, April 28, 2014
162. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, African Union Investigates Egypt for Human rights Violations, April 27, 2014
163. RADIO FRANCE INTERNATIONAL, Egyptian Women Failed by Arab Spring, April 20, 2014
164. PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE, Are Government Security Agencies Essential Or a Threat to Our National
Security?, April 13, 2014
165. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, INSIDE EGYPT, APRIL 5, 2014
166. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, Prosecution of Journalists and Judicial Reform, March 31, 2014
167. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, Court Sentences 529 Egyptian Protesters to Death, Mar. 24, 2014
168. AL JAZEERA AMERICA, Evening News, Egyptians Vote on New Constitution, Jan. 13, 2014
169. CNN NEWSROOM, Implications of Muslim Brotherhood Designation as Terrorist Organization, Dec. 27, 2013
170. AL JAZEERA AMERICA, Inside Story, Latest Developments in Egypt, Dec. 26, 2013
171. AL JAZEERA AMERICA, NEWS, Implications of Muslim Brotherhood Designation as Terrorist Organization,
Dec. 25, 2013
172. AL JAZEERA AMERICA, U.S.-Egypt Relations, Nov. 5. 2013
173. AL JAZEERA ARABIC, U.S. Foreign Aid to Egypt, October 10, 2013
174. AL JAZEERA AMERICA, Role of Muslim brotherhood in Egyptian Politics, September 3, 2013
175. CANADIAN BROADCAST RADIO, The Role of the International Community in Egypt’s Political Crisis, August
27, 2013
176. KLIF 570 AM DALLAS/FORT WORTH, Latest Developments in Egypt, August 16, 2013
177. USA TODAY, Worry in U.S. Among Those with Ties to Egypt, Aug. 15, 2013
178. CNN, US Watching Chaos Carefully, August 15, 2013
179. RUSSIA TODAY, Egypt Bracing for New Protests, July 25, 2013
180. RUSSIA TODAY, Egypt’s Rising Tensions, July 25, 2013
181. CBS-DFW, MITCH CARR RADIO SHOW, Latest Developments in Egypt, July 20, 2013
182. RUSSIA TODAY, FBI Tight Lipped of Shooting of Florida Chechen, May 23, 2013
183. ARAB VOICES PACIFICA RADIO, Latest Developments in Egypt, May 8, 2013
184. RADIO SAWA, The Impact of Boston Bombings on Arabs in America, May 2, 2013
185. THE NATIONAL, Boston bombings test strength of new Muslim role in American society, April 22, 2013
186. THE GUARDIAN, US Muslims 'holding their breath' as Boston investigators hunt for bomber, April 17, 2013
187. RUSSIA TODAY, Egypt’s Next Stage Revolution, January 25, 2013,
188. COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, Dec. 3, 2012
189. RUSSIA TODAY, Where are Civil Rights for Muslim Americans, Nov. 9, 2012,
190. RUSSIA TODAY, Egypt: Rhetoric or Reality, October 10, 2012
191. YAHOO NEWS, Was the Sikh Temple Shooting Domestic Terrorism?, August 6, 2012
192. TAHRIR TELEVISION, KALAM NADER TALK SHOW, Discussions with Egypt’s Former Ambassador to Spain and
Pakistan About Recent Developments in Egypt, June 29, 2012
193. NILE INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION, THE BREAKFAST SHOW, Discussions on The Revolution, Elections, and The
Importance of Rule of Law in Egypt, June 23, 2012
194. RUSSIA TODAY, FBI Framing Members of Occupy?, May 8, 2012
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195. RUSSIA TODAY, Police Brutality Too Common in the U.S., April 27, 2012
196. RUSSIA TODAY, Stereotypes Discriminate Against Minorities in America, March 28, 2012
197. AL JAZEERA ENGLISH, Is Spying on Muslims Legal in the US?, February 24, 2012
198. ASSOCIATED PRESS, Former DHS Official Calls For DOJ To Probe NYPD Spying Program, October 20, 2011
199. C-SPAN, Civil Liberties 10 Years After 9/11, September 8, 2011
200. C-SPAN, Civil Rights and National Security, May 17, 2011
201. Egyptian Americans Rally in Support of Countrymen, NPR MORNING EDITION, February 2, 2011
202. PBS NEWSHOUR, Supporters in U.S. Worry About Demonstrators Back Home in Egypt, January 31, 2011
203. AL-ARABIYA, Civil Rights and the Peter King Hearings, January 7, 2011
204. C-SPAN, Terrorism & Future of U.S. Foreign Policy, October 12, 2010