Sanaa Ansari Khan is a licensed attorney based in Washington, D.C., where she has worked on civil rights and digital rights issues over the last two decades for organizations including CAIR, Muslim Advocates, and Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
Sanaa's work balances keeping marginalized communities safe from incitement to violence without sacrificing political activism: she has litigated against Facebook for reneging on promises to remove content inciting offline violence against Muslims, and has submitted amicus briefs advocating against federally enforced intermediary platform liability.
She is currently the Director of Advocacy at Muslim Counterpublics Lab, where she analyzes the criminalization and suppression of Muslim political narratives and supports Muslim communities building narratives online and off. Her guide for activists and communities navigating terrorism designations is set to be published by Muslim Counterpublics Lab this fall.
