Advocacy Program Manager, Guantánamo Global Justice Initiative
Leili Kashani advocates for a just closure of the prison at Guantánamo, resettlement for the men still detained, and against illegal detentions more broadly. She is a senior editor at Arab Studies Journal and has a graduate degree from the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University. Over the years, she has organized and participated in various NYC events concerned with social movements in Iran and strengthening opposition to sanctions and war. She was an organizer for the World Tribunal on Iraq (New York session, 2004), and involved with social justice work in Mexico, Nicaragua, and Cuba.
