ABOUT US
As America’s premier Muslim civil rights group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations has worked for 30 years to defend civil rights.
The New York chapter is one of the busiest and most dynamic of CAIR’s nationwide affiliates, defending, representing, and educating nearly one million Muslims in the New York area.
OUR MISSION
CAIR-NY aims to be a leading advocate for justice, protecting civil rights, enhancing an understanding of Islam, and empowering Muslim Americans.
OUR SERVICES
CAIR-NY serves Muslim New Yorkers through legal advocacy, education, media relations, civic engagement, and grassroots mobilization. As the first line of defense, we protect New Yorkers from discrimination, harassment, hate crimes, and other injustices. We actively combat Islamophobia and systemic discrimination in all its forms. Our legal team, in partnership with many of New York’s largest law firms, provides free legal assistance to our clients. We never charge for our services, but that is only possible because of the community’s continued support for our work.
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OUR SPONSORS
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Dr. Hatem Bazian is a scholar of religion, politics, and globalization whose field specialties include Islamic Law, Awqaf and Fatawa Texts, Classical Arabic, Palestine, Islamophobia, Diaspora and Comparative Immigration, American Law and Society, Arab and Arab American Studies, Race Theory and History, Colonialism, Post-Colonial and De-colonial Studies, Ethnic Studies, Multi-Cultural and Cross-Cultural Studies, International Relations and Globalization, Social and Political Movement, Comparative Liberation Theologies, Languages, and Media.
Dr. Bazian earned his PhD at UC Berkeley in Near Eastern Studies in 2000. His PhD thesis, titled “Al-Quds in Islamic Consciousness: A Textual Survey of Muslim Claims and Rights to the Sacred City,” contributes to better understanding of Muslim attachment and informed political attitudes toward the sacred city of Jerusalem and Palestine in general.
Norman G. Finkelstein received his PhD from the Princeton University Politics Department in 1987. He is the author of many books that have been translated into 60 foreign editions, including THE HOLOCAUST
INDUSTRY: Reflections on the exploitation of Jewish suffering, GAZA: An inquest into its martyrdom, and most recently, I'll Burn That Bridge When I Get To It: Heretical thoughts on identity politics, cancel culture, and academic freedom. In the year 2020, t influential rld.
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Abdullah Akl is an accomplished organizer and political strategist based in New York City. With a deep commitment to justice, Abdullah has played a key role in mobilizing communities around causes such as Black Lives Matter and the Palestinian liberation movement. His advocacy extends to organizations like UNICEF and the Muslim American Society, where he has been instrumental in addressing injustices and promoting equity and inclusion. Abdullah is also a member of Within Our Lifetime, a grassroots organization dedicated to supporting a free Palestine.
He holds a double Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and International Relations from Long Island University Brooklyn and is currently completing a Master's in Government at Harvard University.
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Hesen Jabr is a Palestinian American raised in the deep south during her childhood, with her teenaged years spent in Beit Hanina, Palestine with her mother and 3 siblings. After her family was forced to move back to the States, Hesen completed high school and attended college in Tennessee, where she received her bachelors of science in nursing. Hesen has worked as an RN since 2012 in various specialties, the longest of which she spent in labor and delivery. With her versatile upbringing, her background in healthcare, and her passion in social justice, Hesen credits her parents who instilled these values in her. Hesen currently lives in NY state with her mother and en itarian
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As a political activist, Maryam Shuaib has navigated the complexities of advocating for Palestinian rights while serving as the first Muslim and Palestinian Student Body President at St. Francis College her senior year.
Maryam Shuaib recently graduated from St. Francis College with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, with minors in Human Rights and Economics. During her fourth year, she served as St. Francis College’s first Muslim and Palestinian Student Body President. As an academic, Maryam has researched, written, and presented human rights campaigns aiming to optimize Palestinian education through STEM and business initiatives. Most recently, she concluded her undergraduate thesis, which discusses the dichotomy of Palestine’s national identity in the wake of occupation and apartheid. Additionally, Maryam’s political analysis on refugee status amongst Palestinians was published by the National Students for Justice in Palestine’s first ever issue of their Written Resistance newsletter in September of 2023.
