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Nasser Weddady

Topics:

• 21st Century Slavery: A Slaveholder's Son Speaks Out
• The Struggle of Progressive Muslims
• The Inside Story of Arab Reformers Confronting Human Rights Abuses
• How Technology is Reconnecting Muslims, Jews, and Christians in the Middle East

Travels from: Boston, MA

Nasser Weddady is an associate at the American Islamic Congress' HAMSA civil rights initiative (Hands Across the Mideast Support Alliance). HAMSA unites Americans of all backgrounds to support the movement to secure civil rights in the Middle East.

Weddady is a native of Mauritania and the son of a diplomat. Growing up in the Middle East and traveling with his father, Weddady met many of the region's heads of state. His Arab family, until recently, were slaves owners and Weddady has become an activist in the current day anti-slavery movement.

He is a dynamic Arab Muslim human rights activist who also works closely with young reformers in the Middle East on interfaith projects and civil rights campaigns. He guides the Middle East Interfaith Blogger Network, coordinates various campaigns for jailed dissidents, and has led civil rights training conferences in Morocco and Jordan. Weddady has testified to the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, lectured at the U.S. Institute for Peace, and published editorials in the Baltimore Sun.

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