Honors Forum: Arsalan Iftikhar - The Democracy Renaissance in the Arab World

Arsalan Iftikhar, J.D., is an international human rights lawyer, global media commentator, and founding managing editor of The Crescent Post. As the founder of TheMuslimGuy.com, Arsalan has been a regular weekly political commentator/legal analyst for the National Public Radio (NPR) show, Tell Me More, with Michel Martin, and he is also a regular contributing writer for Esquire Magazine (Middle East edition) and CNN.com on domestic and international issues affecting our world today.
His interviews, commentaries, and analyses have regularly appeared in virtually every major media outlet around the world including, CNN, BBC World News, The Today Show, National Public Radio (NPR), FOX News Channel, MSNBC, Associated Press, C-SPAN, Voice of America (VOA), Agence France-Presse (AFP), USA TODAY, NBC Nightly News, The Washington Post, ABC World News Tonight, Los Angeles Times, CBS News Up to the Minute, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, TIME, The Economist, and Newsweek magazines, among others.
In May 2011, Iftikhar was named one of the top twelve Muslim Twitter accounts by The Huffington Post, and his published columns and written articles have appeared in major publications around the world, including, CNN.com, USA TODAY, Esquire Magazine (Middle East edition), Houston Chronicle, Detroit Free Press, The Providence Journal, San Diego Union-Tribune, Charlotte Observer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Kansas City Star, Miami Herald, The Jakarta Post, and many more publications around the world.
In March 2008, Iftikhar was one of four international debaters selected to participate in The Doha Debates on BBC World News Television. Every month, The Doha Debates whose stage has been shared with the likes of Nobel Peace Prize winner, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former United States President Bill Clinton, are broadcast to over 300 million people worldwide on BBC World News Television.
In addition to The Doha Debates, some of Iftikhar’s other international speaking venues have included, Harvard University, Stanford University, Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern University, University of Michigan School of Law, The George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs, Cornell University, Washington University School of Law, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the Newseum, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the British Museum in London.
Iftikhar graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 1999, and received his law doctorate from Washington University School of Law in 2003. A native of Chicago, he specializes in international human rights law and is licensed to practice law in Washington D.C.

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