Arsalan Iftikhar

Arsalan Iftikhar (born September 1, 1977) is an international human rights lawyer headquartered in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area. He is the founder of [http://www.TheMuslimGuy.com/ www.TheMuslimGuy.com] .

Biography

Arsalan Iftikhar is an international human rights lawyer and Contributing Editor for Islamica magazine, [http://www.islamicamagazine.com] a contemporary global affairs magazine headquartered in Los Angeles and with editorial offices in London, Amman and Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is also a contributing writer for DiversityInc [http://www.diversityinc.com] magazine and a regular weekly contributor on the Barbershop [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14681732] segment for the National Public Radio (NPR) show ‘Tell Me More’ with Michel Martin. [http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=46]

Arsalan's interviews, commentaries and analyses have regularly appeared in virtually every major media outlet in the world including: CNN, BBC World News, The TODAY Show, National Public Radio (NPR), FOX News Channel, MSNBC, Associated Press, C-SPAN, Voice of America (VOA), Al-Jazeera, Agence France Press (AFP), USA TODAY, NBC Nightly News, The Washington Post, ABC World News Tonight, Los Angeles Times, CBS News Up to the Minute, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, TIME and Newsweek magazine (among dozens others worldwide).

He has also been a freelance opinion writer with over 15 major daily newspapers and his columns have appeared in major newspapers such as: USA TODAY, Houston Chronicle, Detroit Free Press, The Providence Journal, San Diego Union-Tribune, Charlotte Observer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Kansas City Star, Miami Herald and many more.

In March 2008, Arsalan was one of four international debaters selected to participate in The Doha Debates on BBC World Television. [ [http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0912/p01s01-usgn.html Jane Lampman, After 9/11, some lives recast for greater good.] ] . The Doha Debates are broadcast to over 300 million people worldwide on BBC World Service Television and its stage has been shared with the likes of Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former United States President Bill Clinton. Arsalan and his debate partner argued for the motion: "This House believes that Muslims are failing to do enough to combat extremism." (He and his partner won the debate). [Id.]

In addition to The Doha Debates, some of Arsalan’s other international speaking venues have included: Harvard University, Stanford University, Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Pennsylvania, The George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs, University of Michigan School of Law, The Rockefeller Foundation, The German Marshall Fund of the United States and The British Museum in London. [ [http://www.TheMuslimGuy.com] ]

Additionally, Arsalan was cast as a movie extra in the Warner Brothers spy movie thriller Body of Lies (October 2008) starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe. [ [http://www.diversityinc.com/public/3317.cfm] [http://www.diversityinc.com/public/3317.cfm Arsalan Iftikhar, A Muslim in Hollywood: My 15 Seconds as a Film Extra] ] Arsalan was also a contributing author to Taking Back Islam (Rodale Press), winner of the 2003 Wilbur Communications Award for Religion Book of the Year. [ [http://www.rodalestore.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10002&storeId=10051&productId=14942&langId=-1&mag=store&nav_wt=subcatprod Taking Back Islam] ] In 2006, the French Ambassador to the United States personally selected Arsalan for the Personalites d’Avenir (Personalities of the Future) World Leader Program in Paris sponsored by the French Foreign Ministry.

Arsalan graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 1999 and received his law doctorate from Washington University School of Law in 2003. A native of Chicago, he specializes in international human rights law and is licensed to practice law in Washington DC. [ [http://www.themuslimguy.com] Page content taken from Arsalan Iftikhar's website, [http://www.TheMuslimGuy.com] ]

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