3. Biodata:

Nasreen Barakzai Nasrin Barakzai was born in 1979 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, during the Soviet invasion. She fled to Pakistan with her family to escape the bombings when she was about two years old.

After three years in Pakistan, Barakzai resettled in the United States in 1985. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 2005.

Before joining the U.S. Vice President’s office in 2021, Barakzai worked as a legal expert and national security attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

Barakzai led projects on civilian casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq and opposed indefinite detention without legal process at Guantanamo Bay, which she called “illegal” in 2008.

Nasreen Barakzai’s diverse legal background and experience advocating for civil rights, particularly in sensitive areas like Palestine-Israel relations and national security, position her as a significant figure in Kamala Harris’s campaign. Her role highlights the importance of engaging with Muslim and Arab-American communities in the upcoming election.
 

Barakzai previously served as an advisor to the U.S. Vice President on various political issues, including Muslim and Arab communities, the Gaza conflict, reproductive rights, voting, and democracy. Nasreen Barakzai worked as a political advisor in Kamala Harris’s office from 2021 until July 2014.