Tarek Z. Ismail

Tarek Z. Ismail (@tarekzismail) is co-author of Illusion of Justice: Human Rights Abuses in US Terrorism Prosecution, and an adviser to the Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute, where he was a fellow at the Counterterrorism and Human Rights Project from 2011-2013. While at the HRI Ismail’s research and writing focused on the effects of domestic counterterrorism policies on Muslim communities in the United States. He is currently a Staff Attorney with the Brooklyn Defender Services. Tarek graduated from the University of Virginia and Columbia Law School.