“After going through CLDP, our alumni have gone on to run for public office (and win!), start their own nonprofits, work on Capitol Hill, and much more.”
Salam Al-Marayati, MPAC President & Co-Founder
Omar Al-Hendy, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson

“You can study politics in a textbook, you can watch it on the news, but none of that will prepare you or even equate to the experience you will have while on the Hill.”
Congressman Andre Carson (IN-7)
Aziz Ahmad, Congressman Hank Johnson
2019 Cohort Alumni

Dina Abdalla

Ali Abdullah

Dhuha Baig

Kawther Berhanu

Luqmaan Bokhary

Amira Daugherty

Yasamine Durali

Maimuna Gassama

Rabia Osman

Aisha Shafi

Aneeb Sheikh

Mariam Siddiqui
Mariam is majoring in Political Science and International Studies and minoring in Arabic and Journalism. She served as an organizer for Rep. Nicole Clowney and Rep. Denise Garner successful campaign for Arkansas District 86 and District 84. She is Director of Municipal Relations in student government and previously served as a Senator. She volunteers at Canopy Northwest Arkansas (NWA), a nonprofit refugee resettlement organization, where she tutors and mentors children recently resettled in Northwest Arkansas. Mariam is fluent in Urdu and is learning Arabic. She was a Communications Intern at the El-Hibri Foundation in D.C. and strives to foster diverse dialogues through these leadership positions.
2018 Cohort Alumni

Zoya Sattar

Sabri Siraj

Wafa Jawad

Arwa Dubad

Zohair Alam

Azhar Gulaid
2017 Cohort Alumni

Hadeel Abdallah

Mustafa Alemi

Nadim Houssain

Sadaf Mehdi

Maryam Sarhan

Nabil Shaikh
2016 Cohort Alumni

Aziz Ahmad

Omar Al-Hendy

Bunyad Bhatti

Jenan Abu-Hakmeh

RJ Khalaf

Basmah Nada
2015 Cohort Alumni

Amirah Ahmad

Obaida Albaroudi

Sommer Iqbal
