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Executive Director
Ahmed Rehab
Deputy Director
Sufyan Sohel
Civil Rights Director
Christina Abraham
Litigation Director
Kevin Vodak, Esq.
Staff Attorney
Rabya Khan
Communications Coordinators
Aymen Abdel Halim
Ambreen Zuberi
Outreach Coordinator
Gerald Hankerson
Operations Coordinator
Mohamed Abdelati
Board of Directors Chairman
Mazen Kudaimi, MD
Advisory Board Honorary President
Prof. M Cherif Bassiouni
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| Save the date / volunteer for CAIR-ChicagoÕs 9th Annual Banquet Ð March 23rd! |
| CAIR-Chicago | January 23, 2013 |
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The annual banquet will be held on Saturday, March 23rd 2013 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL. To volunteer or for more information, e-mail CAIR-ChicagoÕs Outreach Coordinator Gerald Hankerson, at volunteer@cairchicago.org or call 312-212-1520. |
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| Become a sponsor of CAIR-ChicagoÕs 9th Annual Banquet! |
| CAIR-Chicago | January 10, 2013 |
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Sponsorship packages include ads in our program booklet, tickets to our event, and/or a vendor display table for your business or organization. To become a sponsor or for more information, e-mail Sufyan Sohel, Deputy Director of CAIR-Chicago, at ssohel@cairchicago.org or call 312-212-1520. |
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| Ahmed Rehab to speak on Islamophobia at AIC |
| CAIR-Chicago | January 25, 2013 |
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CAIR-Chicago's Executive Director, Ahmed Rehab, will be included as part of a panel to discuss religious bigotry at the American Islamic College on February 23rd. |
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| Rabya Khan speaks on panel honoring Fred Korematsu day |
| CAIR-Chicago | February 8, 2013 |
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The event featured guest speakers William Yoshino, the Midwest Director of the Japanese American Citizens League, and Rabya Khan, Staff Attorney at the Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. |
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| Rabya Khan conducts ÔKnow Your RightsÕ training at Northwestern |
| CAIR-Chicago | February 8, 2013 |
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On Thursday January 31, 2013, Staff Attorney Rabya Khan conducted a joint Know Your Rights training with First Defense Legal Aid attorneys Emlyn Ricketts and Devin Viland. |
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| Press Release: #MyJihad ad campaign launches in Washington D.C. |
| CAIR-Chicago | January 28, 2013 |
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Ads for the #MyJihad Public Educational Campaign, sponsored by the Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago), launched today in Washington D.C. and are currently appearing at the Shaw, Waterfront, Rockville, and Dunn Loring train stations. |
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| Vocalo, 89.5 FM: Aymen Abdel Halim discusses the portrayal of Muslims in U.S. media |
| Vocalo, 89.5 FM | February 13, 2013 |
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Shows like ÔHomelandÕ and Õ24?, or movies like ÔZero Dark ThirtyÕ might make us think Òthis must be how it really goes downÓ Ð but how do you separate truth from fiction in media? |
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| WBEZ, Worldview: Ahmed Rehab discusses the history of Egyptian cinema |
| WBEZ, Worldview | February 12, 2013 |
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Film contributor Milos Stehlik and Ahmed Rehab, Executive Director of CAIR-Chicago, discuss some of EgyptÕs most well-known directors and the history of EgyptÕs film industry. |
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| On The Media: The struggle to claim the word jihad |
| On the Media | February 12, 2013 |
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Ahmed Rehab explains the real meaning of the word ÒJihadÓ in an interview with On the Media. |
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| CNN: Muslim activists aim to reclaim the word ÔjihadÕ with ad campaign |
| CNN | February 4, 2013 |
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A Muslim activist group has launched a new ad campaign to reclaim a word they say has been abused and distorted by Muslim extremists and by anti-Muslim groups. |
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| Washington Post: Chicago is ground zero in U.S. Muslim renaissance |
| Washington Post | February 6, 2013 |
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New Muslim institutions are emerging at an unprecedented pace led by a nationwide network of young activists. |
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| Huffington Post: #MyJihad is to not let others dictate what Muslims are |
| Huffington Post | February 4, 2013 |
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The Huffington Post reports on the #MyJihad ad campaign; a Chicago based campaign that debuted in Washington D.C., subway stations on Jan. 28. |
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| NY Daily News: War of words: Muslim activists trying to wrestle ÔjihadÕ away from extremists and critics |
| NY Daily News | February 6, 2013 |
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A group of Muslim activists is fighting a battle of words to reclaim ÒjihadÓ from Muslim extremists and critics who they say have wrongly used the term to justify violence and discrimination. |
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| Daily Northwestern: Northwestern students address racial profiling concerns at workshop |
| Daily Northwestern | February 4, 2013 |
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Following the FDLAÕs remarks, Rabya Khan, a staff attorney at CAIR Chicago, spoke about how to interact with FBI agents. Following her remarks, the panel engaged with the students in a question-and-answer session, where students raised questions pertinent to their own experiences with racial profiling incidents. |
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| DCist: ÔMy JihadÕ ads come to Metro |
| DCist | January 31, 2013 |
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Metro seems to be the place to wage the ideological battle over what Islam is and is not, it seems. |
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| Islam Story: ÒMy JihadÓ in Washington |
| Islam Story | February 4, 2013 |
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An American Muslim campaign to introduce the true meaning of Jihad has reached Washington D.C. in an effort to correct the public perception about the Islamic term. |
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| NNAAC: #MyJihad ads in D.C. metro stations |
| NNAAC | February 13, 2013 |
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With a four-week ad buy in the Shaw, Waterfront, Rockville and Dunn Loring Metro stations, organizer Ahmed Rehab, who is also executive director of the Chicago branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, says that he is hoping to change the narrative around the word jihad. |
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| Christian Post: Muslim activists seek to reclaim ÔJihadÕ in new ad campaign |
| Christian Post | February 4, 2013 |
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Muslim activists are seeking to share the proper meaning of the word ÒjihadÓ through a public education campaign in Washington, D.C., where they are posting advertisements depicting the personal struggles held by mainstream Muslims, accompanied by the term Ò#myJihadÓ. |
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| Patheos: #MyJihad, for two children, is anchored in brotherly love and loss. WhatÕs yours? |
| Patheos | February 5, 2013 |
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Amir Mahmoud, age 10, and Amal Ali, age 9, wrote short essays describing their own personal Jihad, about brothers they love. |
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