Ahmed Younis

Ahmed Younis

"A graduate of Washington & Lee School of Law, Ahmed Younis is an expert on American Muslims and other topics such as terrorist financing, public diplomacy, identity/integration and issues affecting the relationship between the global Muslim Community and the West. He served as National Director of the Muslim Public Affairs Committee in Washington, DC from 2004 to 2007. He is the author of American Muslims: Voir Dire (Speak the Truth), a post-September 11 look at the reality of debate surrounding American Muslims, their country and their integration. In 2006 Mr. Younis traveled on behalf of the Department of State to Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, where he met with government, community, and religious leaders, and visited madrassas across the region. He is a frequent guest on numerous television and radio shows and his work has been featured in several leading newspapers. Mr. Younis worked as an intern at the Office of the Legal Counsel of the Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations. He has studied and lived in Egypt and Saudi Arabia and is fluent in Arabic."


 * Leadership Group, U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project
 * Contributor, Review of Faith and International Affairs