Notable media interviews / features: Anderson Cooper, CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times, The New Yorker, NPR, Reveal, ABC Nightline, AJ+, Al-Jazeera, The SF Chronicle, UCSF Profile, UCSF Magazine, “36 Seconds: Portrait of a Hate Crime” Documentary. (2015 - 2024)

Notable Presentations:

NORTH AMERICA

2016 – TED Talk | "Islamophobia killed my brother. Let's end the hate."
2015 – The Parliament of the World's Religions | Plenary Keynote | Salt Lake City, UT
2016 – The White House | Roundtable discussion with President Barack Obama | Baltimore, MD
2017 – The Carter Center | Countering Islamophobia Symposium | Participant and Panelist | Atlanta, GA
2018 – Women in the World Summit | Speaker | New York City
2018 – Society of Teachers for Family Medicine (STFM) | National Conference | Plenary Keynote "Allyship in Times of Adversity" | Washington, DC
2018 – Exponent Philanthropy | National Conference | Plenary Keynote "From Biases to Strength" | Philadelphia, PA
2020 – Doctors for America Webinar: "Health Professionals Facing Racism." | Virtual
2021 – Wingate University | Keynote & Civil Discourse Townhall | North Carolina (2017, 2021)
2021 – UNC School of Dentistry | DEAH DAY (Dedicating Efforts And Honoring Deah And Yusor) Community Service Keynote (2015, 2017, 2021)
2022 – North American Refugee Health Conference | Forensic Evaluation of Asylum Seekers Training | Lecture: "Best Practices for Writing Effective Medical-Legal Affidavits, Testifying in Court, and Collaborating with Attorneys" | Cleveland, OH
2023 – Asylum Medicine Colloquium | “Funding Landscape in Asylum Medicine” | Yale University, New Haven, CT
2023 – The White House | Roundtable discussion with Second Gentleman Douglass Emhoff on Hate & Islamophobia | Washington, DC
2023 – North American Refugee Health Conference | Keynote: Journey to Human Rights Work with Refugees and Asylum Seekers | Calgary, Canada
2023 – The White House | Closed meeting with President Joseph Biden regarding Gaza | Washington, DC
2023 – DOC NYC Documentary Film Festival | World Premiere of “36 Seconds: Portrait of a Hate Crime” feature and Q&A | NYC, NY
2024 – Google | DEI Global Inclusion Program | Fireside Chat: Countering Islamophobia | Mountain View, CA

REGIONAL

2015 – UCSF Grand Rounds | "Challenging Islamophobia" | San Francisco, CA
2016 – UCSF Campus-wide Teach-In | "Injustice and Health" | Panelist | San Francisco, CA
2017 – UCSF Grand Rounds | "Challenging Islamophobia" | San Francisco, CA
2017 – Mayor Edwin Lee “Equity and Immigrant Services Launch” | Speaker | San Francisco, CA
2017 – The City of San Francisco | Roundtable discussion with Mayor Edwin Lee | City Hall, San Francisco, CA
2017 – Mayor Edwin Lee's “Unite Against Hate” Rally | Speaker | City Hall, San Francisco, CA
2017 – Van Jones #LoveArmy Revival Event | Keynote | San Francisco, CA
2017 – California Academy of Family Physicians | Annual Summit | Keynote | Los Angeles, CA
2019 – Kaiser Richmond | Grand Rounds | "Allyship and Accountability in the Workplace" | Richmond, CA
2019 – Kaiser Oakland | Grand Rounds | "Allyship and Accountability in the Workplace" | Oakland, CA
2019 – Women's March San Francisco Rally | Speaker | San Francisco, CA
2021 – UCSF Health and Human Rights Initiative | "Passage, from Kabul to the Bay" webinar | Moderator | San Francisco, CA
2022 – Southern California Permanente Medical Group | Wellness Conference | Plenary Keynote | San Diego, CA
2022 – Immigrant Advocates, Faith Leaders, Doctors Rally to End Title 42 Expulsions | Speaker | City Hall, San Francisco, CA
2022 – UCSF Center for Health Equity in Surgery and Anesthesia Works In Progress Lecture | Refugee and Asylee Health | San Francisco, CA
2023 – UCSF Town Hall | Devastation, Impact and Institutional Responsibility re the Turkey / Syria Earthquakes | San Francisco, CA

FORMAL TEACHING

2016 – UC Berkeley | Islamophobia and Constructing Otherness Course AAS 132 | Lecture: “Understanding & Countering Islamophobia”
2017 – UCSF | UCSF GME Global Health Pathway GH 103 | Clinical Scholars Lecture: "Implicit Bias and Decolonizing Global Health" (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
2018 – UCSF | Family and Community Medicine | R3 Practice Management Conference | Per Diem, Nonprofit, & Advocacy work in Medicine (2018, 2019)
2019 – UC Berkeley School of Law | Our Three Winners Social Inclusion Policy Fellowship | Lecture & Workshop: “The Science and Impact of Bias”
2020 – UCSF | UCSF School of Medicine MS1 Elective | Human Rights Clinic Asylum Elective | Lecturer (2020, 2021, 2022)
2021 – UCSF | Creation and development of the Clinical Human Rights Fellowship Track within the HEAL (Health Equity and Leadership) Fellowship (2021, 2022)
2021 – UCSF | Family and Community Medicine | Family Medicine Inpatient Services Didactics and Precepting (2021, 2022)
2021 – UCSF | Family and Community Medicine and Obstetrics | Labor and Delivery Didactics and Precepting (2021, 2022)
2021 – UC Riverside School of Medicine | How to Heal Medical Student Conference | Lecture | Riverside, CA
2022 – UCSF | Family and Community Medicine | R1 Didactics Conference Lecture: Refugee and Asylee Health
2022 – UCSF | Institute for Global Health Sciences Masters Course 202B: Health, the Environment, and Non-Communicable Disease course | Refugee Health Seminar Lecture: "Who is a refugee and what does their journey look?" (2022, 2023)
2023 – Duke University | Sanford School of Public Policy | Lecture: “Hate Crimes & Islamophobia” | Durham, NC
2024 – UC Berkeley | De-Constructing Islamophobia Course AAS 132 | Screening of “36 Seconds: Portrait of a Hate Crime” followed by Q&A on hate and Islamophobia