Meet The Board of Directors

Safa Rifka


Chair
Washington, DC

Tawfiq Barqawi


Vice Chair/Treasurer
Philadelphia, PA

Doaa Taha


Secretary
Washington, DC

Sam Hawatmeh, MD

St. Louis, MO

Alma Korkor

Canton, OH

Denyse Sabagh, Esq.

Washington, DC

Souhail Toubia, MD

Los Angeles, CA

Haytham Faraj, Esq.

Los Angeles, CA

Abed Awad, Esq.

Wayne, NJ

George Majeed Khoury

Escondido, CA

Shatha Atiya, PsyD, PA

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Lana Nassar, Esq.

San Diego, CA

Meet The Staff

Abed A. Ayoub, Esq.


National Executive Director
(Barred only in Michigan)

Nabil Mohamad


Vice President

Chris Habiby


National Government Affairs and Advocacy Director

Jinan Shabt


ADC National Organizer

Doris Bittar

California State Coordinator
(California Office)

Talar Samuelian

California Chapters Coordinator
(California Office)

Ali Younes

ADC Media Project Coordinator

Mo Maraqa

Data and Strategy Consultant

Jasmine Hawamdeh

Communications Consultant

Meet The Founder

Senator James G. Abourezk

Senator James George Abourezk is a former Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator, and was the first Arab American to serve in the United States Senate. He represented South Dakota in the U.S. Senate from 1973 until 1979.

In 1980, Abourezk founded the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) in response to stereotyping, defamation, and discrimination directed against Americans of Arab origin.

Abourezk now works as a lawyer and writer in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He continues to serve ADC as a member of the National Board of Directors.

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