Meet Our Experts
A directory of No Muslim Ban Ever campaign members working on the travel ban and other immigration-related issues.
Murad Awawdeh
President and CEO of New York Immigration Coalition.
Murad is a strategist, organizer, and advocacy expert who has dedicated over two decades of his life fighting for low-income communities of color across the State of New York.
Follow on X: @HeyItsMurad
Executive director of CAIR San Francisco Bay Area
Zahra manages one of the largest CAIR offices in the country with a team of civil rights and social justice advocates dedicated to the empowerment of American Muslims through legal services, legislative advocacy, and community organizing.
Follow on X: @zahrabilloo
Legal director at Muslim Advocates
Golnaz has worked with and for historically and structurally marginalized people across a wide spectrum of contexts and strategies. Her experience and expertise encompass deportation defense, criminal defense, defense of alleged "war on terror" suspects, habeas corpus actions, civil rights actions, technical assistance to movement leaders and partners, and collaborative advocacy with them.
Aarti Kohli
Executive director of Asian Law Caucus
Aarti is a public policy expert working at the intersections of immigration, criminal justice, economic equity, and national security.
Linda Sarsour
Co-founder and Executive director of MPower Change
Linda Sarsour is an author, award-winning racial justice and civil rights activist, seasoned community organizer who has been at the forefront of major civil rights campaigns for more than 20 years.
Follow on X: @lsarsour
Yasmine Taeb
Legislative and Political Director for MPower Change Action Fund
Yasmine is an Iranian-American human rights lawyer and first Muslim woman elected to the Democratic National Committee.
Follow on X: @YasmineTaeb
Senior Strategist, Campaigns at The National Immigration Law Center
Subha manages and organizes campaigns to protect and advance the rights of low-income immigrants. She managed the national No Muslim Ban Ever campaign to fight the discriminatory Muslim and African bans.
Senior policy counsel at Muslim Advocates
Sumayyah is a policy expert with over fifteen years of experience in progressive legal and policy advocacy at the local, state and national levels. Her work has covered issues from the criminal legal system to workers' rights, racial justice and tax policy.
