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Alia Malek

Alia Malek
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Alia Malek

ALIA MALEK is an author and civil rights lawyer. Born in Baltimore to Syrian immigrant parents, she began her legal career as a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division. After practicing law in the States, Lebanon, and the West Bank, Malek, who has degrees from Johns Hopkins and Georgetown universities, earned her master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. Her reportage has appeared in Salon, The Columbia Journalism Review, and The New York Times. This is her first book.

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Bob Mould reads from his autobiography at Herbst Theatre
San Francisco Examiner, September 19, 2011
...July-December, 1967.” [7 p.m., Kepler’s Books and Magazines, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park]Oral histories: Editor Alia Malek, in conversation with civil rights advocate Karen Korematsu, discusses “Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post 9/11...
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) National Convention, June 10-12, 2011
Morningstar.com, June 8, 2011
...World." Confirmed speakers include (partial listing):� DEBORAH RAMIREZ, a Professor at Northeastern University Law School. � ALIA MALEK, author and civil rights lawyer. � MICHAEL ROLINCE, a recognized expert in counterterrorism, intelligence and...
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) National Convention, June 10-12, 2011
GlobeNewswire via Yahoo!, June 8, 2011
...a Changing World." Confirmed speakers include (partial listing): DEBORAH RAMIREZ, a Professor at Northeastern University Law School. ALIA MALEK, author and civil rights lawyer. MICHAEL ROLINCE, a recognized expert in counterterrorism, intelligence and...
Missing Tiles in the American Mosaic: The Rumpus Interview with Alia Malek
The Rumpus.net, October 11, 2011
...In late October 2000, Alia Malek, the American daughter of Syrian immigrant parents, started work as a civil rights lawyer in the U.S. Justice Department. She then watched the newly-elected Bush Administration re-direct the...
Brooklyn Book Festival 2011
mcbrooklyn, September 19, 2011
...Flanders (founder of GRITtv), Jeremy Scahill (Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army) and Alia Malek (A Country Called Amreeka) shown above on the Main Stage in Borough Hall Plaza. They spoke about what has changed for the worse...