About me
Malak Afaneh is a civil rights attorney at the Aboushi Law Firm and the Director of the Palestine Center for Public Policy. Before joining the Palestine Center for Public Policy, Afaneh received her J.D. from UC Berkeley Law and has a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Middle Eastern Studies from Pomona College. She has worked over five years in the field of public interest, including with organizations like the Council on American Islamic Relations, the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, the International Legal Foundation, the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, and more. Afaneh also served as Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine Co-President, where she drafted the first BDS bylaw in the law school’s history, aimed at ensuring student organizations alignment with the boycott, divest, sanctions movement. Afaneh continues to serve as a volunteer with several civil society organizations including as a Palestinian Youth Movement member and a U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights Coach. As the daughter of Palestinian immigrants from Abu Ghosh and Al-Khalil, Afaneh’s involvement with the Palestine Center for Public Policy stems from an enthusiasm to challenge anti-Palestinian racism in all its forms, promote positive change in public opinion around Palestine, and foster a deeper understanding of meaningful policy solutions for generations to come.
