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September 2020
Homeland Elegies With Ayad Akhtar & Shuja Nawaz
On Monday, October 5 at 4 PM EST, the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center and APF will to host a conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning author and playwright, Ayad Akhtar and Atlantic Council Distinguished Fellow Shuja Nawaz on Akhtar’s new book, Homeland Elegies, which discusses belonging and identity in a crumbling nation through the journey of an immigrant father and his son in a post-Trump America.
Get Ready To Vote
Election day is 34 days away. Get information on registration, voting, and other important details at the APF Get Out The Vote campaign site.

Show your commitment to civic engagement with APF's limited edition posters and other merchandise at the official Get Out the Vote shop.
Civic Engagement in the
South Asian American Community
On Friday, October 2 at 4 pm EST, senior policy leaders Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Ambassador Richard Verma, and Mayor Sadaf Jaffer will join APF President Shamila N. Chaudhary for a discussion of the South Asian American community's role in civic engagement and why political representation matters for the community's success.
APF Welcomes New Cohort of Research Fellows
The APF Research Fellows program provides undergraduate and graduate students with the opportunity to learn critical research and analytical skills while also increasing their knowledge of South Asia and Pakistan.
Nadia Malik attends American University where she majors in legal studies and minors in sociology. She is passionate about criminal justice reform, immigration, women’s rights, and food insecurity and hopes to pursue her law degree in the future.
Ammarah Rehman works at The Aspen Institute where she advances college excellence for underserved communities. She worked in Indonesia as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant and holds a B.A. in international studies from American University.
Harsimran Kaur Sachdeva is a J.D. candidate at the George Washington University. She graduated from the University of British Columbia with a B.A. in South Asian Languages and Cultures. She interned in Liberia at the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission.
Zainab Saeed is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College with a major in Political Science and Mathematics. She will be working as a Technology Consultant for Ernst and Young. Her research interests are in border security, cybersecurity, and foreign policy.
September Dialogues
September was a busy month for APF events. Keep up with what you missed on our new Vimeo channel:
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Zehra Ansari
APF Leadership Council
"I joined APF’s Leadership Council this spring in order to learn more and contribute to the Pakistani-American community for the first time. To be connected with a driven group of young Pakistani-Americans across the US is a first for me. At a time of great disruption to our lives as social beings, it’s been so rewarding to build bridges and start dialogues with a range of creative voices, public servants, and student, community and business leaders. In particular, I’ve found great meaning in the work of our nonpartisan civic engagement working group, centered on getting out the Pakistani-American vote."
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