Tarek Khalil

Tarek Khalil is an attorney and activist. As an alumnus of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), he was a member of the Students for Justice in Palestine. He has worked with the Illinois Coalition Against Torture, an organization which seeks to end domestic police torture and raise awareness of global torture. Tarek defended the civil rights of the Chicagoland community as a volunteer attorney for the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago). He is also a board member with the American Muslims for Palestine (AMP-Chicago). With AMP, Tarek lectures on topics such as modern Palestinian history, Middle East politics, and Palestinian rights under international law.