Join the Institute for the Study of Human Rights
and the Center for Palestine Studies at Columbia University
for a conversation with Tarek Z. Ismail.

Tarek Z. Ismail is the Senior Staff Attorney in the Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility (CLEAR) project, which primarily aims to address the legal needs of Muslim, Arab, South Asian, and other communities in the New York City area that are particularly affected by national security and counterterrorism policies and practices deployed by various law enforcement agencies. CLEAR represents and advises community members as they respond to requests for voluntary FBI interviews, experience difficulties traveling, and otherwise face discrimination scrutiny by law enforcement. Prior to joining CLEAR, Tarek was a staff attorney in the Family Defense Practice at the Brooklyn Defender Services. From 2011-2013 he was the Counterterrorism & Human Rights Fellow at Columbia Law School’s Human Rights Institute.

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Join the Institute for the Study of Human Rights and the Center for Palestine Studies for a conversation with attorney Diala Shamas on Monday, 28 September 2020 at 12:30. Introduction by Rashid Khalidi.

Diala Shamas is a staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she works on challenging government and law enforcement abuses perpetrated under the guise of national security, both in the U.S. and abroad. Prior to joining the Center for Constitutional Rights, Diala was a Clinical Supervising Attorney and Lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School, and a Senior Staff Attorney supervising the CLEAR (Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility) project at CUNY School of Law. Read Diala’s full bio here.

Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University and the author of The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine (2020). Read Rashid’s full bio here.

This event will take place on Zoom and advanced registration is required.