I write, teach and work on civil rights and civil liberties issues within a national security context. This is my personal blog. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-577322-4']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Tumblr (3.0; @ehsanz)http://www.ehsan.com/Ehsanzhttp://feedburner.google.comI spoke with Ambassador Cook and Kozak on the Istanbul Process as part of a U.S. State Department...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ehsanz/~4/gI1fF_UlCSM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ehsanz/~3/gI1fF_UlCSM/14393989622http://www.ehsan.com/post/14393989622Sun, 18 Dec 2011 02:02:03 -0500http://www.ehsan.com/post/14393989622“The civil rights community has long regarded the expansion of minority and female ownership...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ehsanz/~4/kSF3QdD85yI" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ehsanz/~3/kSF3QdD85yI/14316619740http://www.ehsan.com/post/14316619740Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:01:09 -0500http://www.ehsan.com/post/14316619740A piece about my participation in the New Jersey Homeland Security Conference addressing civil...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ehsanz/~4/3t6VGF07ah4" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ehsanz/~3/3t6VGF07ah4/14278779198http://www.ehsan.com/post/14278779198Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:28:24 -0500http://www.ehsan.com/post/14278779198Join me tomorrow, December 14, 2011 at 7:45 EST on the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomacy...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ehsanz/~4/Y8dDhEd-kBs" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ehsanz/~3/Y8dDhEd-kBs/14185945500http://www.ehsan.com/post/14185945500Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:19:00 -0500http://www.ehsan.com/post/14185945500““The homeless children crisis is a civil rights issue. Homeless children deserve equal...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ehsanz/~4/wnZ9kIPIwm4" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ehsanz/~3/wnZ9kIPIwm4/13876404105http://www.ehsan.com/post/13876404105Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:33:05 -0500http://www.ehsan.com/post/13876404105<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lva2ub4vgC1qfze4lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jorrty.tumblr.com/post/13353810493/yumbulhakang-tibets-first-kings-castle-by" target="_blank">jorrty</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Yumbulhakang, Tibet’s First King’s Castle (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lylevincent/4755307326/in/faves-richiepreiss/" target="_blank">lylevincent</a>)</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ehsanz/~4/nM0F3BzwGmY" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ehsanz/~3/nM0F3BzwGmY/13485922502http://www.ehsan.com/post/13485922502Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:45:06 -0500http://www.ehsan.com/post/13485922502““I am an Iraq War veteran … I spent a year and a half of my life fighting for...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ehsanz/~4/ebKyPRZ4TC4" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ehsanz/~3/ebKyPRZ4TC4/13452513665http://www.ehsan.com/post/13452513665Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:40:05 -0500http://www.ehsan.com/post/13452513665““That’s why I caution those who hail the fact that we will be the majority in the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ehsanz/~4/bygahea1--g" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ehsanz/~3/bygahea1--g/13392520376http://www.ehsan.com/post/13392520376Sun, 27 Nov 2011 03:30:06 -0500http://www.ehsan.com/post/13392520376“The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights announced this week that it will look into how new...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ehsanz/~4/6NlXS2HPNkA" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ehsanz/~3/6NlXS2HPNkA/13313674778http://www.ehsan.com/post/13313674778Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:22:54 -0500http://www.ehsan.com/post/13313674778I recently had the honor of speaking about the impact of 9/11 at the Arab Anti-Discrimination...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ehsanz/~4/5S3B0cAsVdU" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ehsanz/~3/5S3B0cAsVdU/10095931549http://www.ehsan.com/post/10095931549Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:32:11 -0400http://www.ehsan.com/post/10095931549I recently attended a panel discussion where individuals spoke about their experiences with...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ehsanz/~4/v9b5C7xWDQA" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ehsanz/~3/v9b5C7xWDQA/10095566379http://www.ehsan.com/post/10095566379Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:23:59 -0400Eventshttp://www.ehsan.com/post/100955663792011 did not witness the first Egyptian revolution. After all, Egypt’s Tahrir...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ehsanz/~4/DITqtGDuNf8" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ehsanz/~3/DITqtGDuNf8/3567537042http://www.ehsan.com/post/3567537042Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:46:03 -0500http://www.ehsan.com/post/3567537042The Egyptian revolution that just overthrew Mubarak may have been the model revolution that other...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ehsanz/~4/5zNzKDbVFGk" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ehsanz/~3/5zNzKDbVFGk/3236300557http://www.ehsan.com/post/3236300557Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:14:12 -0500http://www.ehsan.com/post/3236300557<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lg9dnnCS781qc6n6yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Egyptian protester uses a tank to get some rest.  Photo Credit : AFP, <em>The Atlantic</em>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ehsanz/~4/P4Y4Ydquj9Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ehsanz/~3/P4Y4Ydquj9Q/3165754633http://www.ehsan.com/post/3165754633Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:52:35 -0500http://www.ehsan.com/post/3165754633(Originally posted on Huffington Post) I’ve been glued to Al-Jazeera for the past eight days...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ehsanz/~4/xRmqgna1Dak" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ehsanz/~3/xRmqgna1Dak/3077804780http://www.ehsan.com/post/3077804780Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:07:44 -0500http://www.ehsan.com/post/3077804780We sometimes forget that the American judicial system as well as common law systems in Great...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ehsanz/~4/54OVhOcC9Js" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ehsanz/~3/54OVhOcC9Js/2717937289http://www.ehsan.com/post/2717937289Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:16:00 -0500http://www.ehsan.com/post/2717937289Repost of my original Muftah.org piece on the Pakistan Lawyer’s Movement four years out, on...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ehsanz/~4/LZ8prYbB_d0" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ehsanz/~3/LZ8prYbB_d0/2613384378http://www.ehsan.com/post/2613384378Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:45:00 -0500http://www.ehsan.com/post/2613384378The summer of 2008 brought the usual blistering heat to Pakistan. President Pervez Musharraf, an...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ehsanz/~4/QRIRKxS4x5o" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ehsanz/~3/QRIRKxS4x5o/2437662634http://www.ehsan.com/post/2437662634Thu, 23 Dec 2010 19:08:33 -0500http://www.ehsan.com/post/2437662634I was led to Mideastyouth.com by a colleague over at Muftah.org.  Mideastyouth forms the core of a...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ehsanz/~4/HDJTdH9LTMg" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ehsanz/~3/HDJTdH9LTMg/1518444279http://www.ehsan.com/post/1518444279Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:18:59 -0500http://www.ehsan.com/post/1518444279In 1960, hitting the “bigtime” for the ordinary European was owning a Volvo.  At the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ehsanz/~4/eHMQD2HhFqc" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ehsanz/~3/eHMQD2HhFqc/1450563650http://www.ehsan.com/post/1450563650Sun, 31 Oct 2010 23:17:00 -0400http://www.ehsan.com/post/1450563650