NAFEES ASIYA SYED is currently a student at Yale Law School and an author. Previously, Nafees has worked as a legislative aide for a Member of Congress and for the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee. She has also interned at the British Parliament and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Her writing
and research have appeared in several publications, from popular to academic outlets, including CNN.com and the International Journal of the History of Sport.

Currently, Nafees is writing a novel featuring a Muslim-American woman. A native of Georgia, Nafees graduated several states away from Harvard University in government and medical studies.She graduated with honors, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, and received a Distinguished Senior Award from the Dean of Harvard College and the Director of the Harvard Foundation.

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