Afraz Khan

Major

International Relations

Degree

B.S.

School

New York University

Sponsor 2016

Islamic Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)

Bio

Afraz Khan is a rising senior at New York University studying International Relations with a minor in Management & Public Policy. Afraz has had the opportunity to work in various fields both domestically and abroad. He has worked in the Purchasing Department at P&G’s European headquarters in Geneva and interned with the Fulbright Commission in Argentina. This year, he is serving as a policy intern with the Muslim Public Affair Council in Washington D.C. Additionally, through his work on campus, Afraz has also taken a large interest in student affairs in higher education. He is currently serving on his University Senate and works as an Admissions Ambassador within the NYU Admissions office.

Update

Following the implementation of the presidential administration’s executive order banning immigrants from 7 Muslim-majority countries, I led our Muslim Students Association as the President in coordinating a university-wide rally entitled #NoBanNoWallNYU in which we spoke out against the unconstitutionality of several of the President’s Executive Orders. Following our rally, we held a pray-in in Washington Square Park in which I was honored to lead a congregation of about 40 people in Isha Salaah. Our prayer was attended by hundreds who stood with us in solidarity. I have also worked with members of our MSA Board to bring Dalia Mogahed to our campus to speak on the religious and spiritual beauties of being a Muslim in America at this moment in time. In the past couple weeks, I have received several awards, including a President’s Service Award, a Dean’s Award for Scholarship in Social Science and I was chosen as the profile student for the College of Arts & Science (which consists of 5,000 students) for our university’s commencement program booklet which will be distributed to tens of thousands of attendees at Yankee Stadium. Lastly, I was chosen among NYU’s student body of 50,000 as one of the 10 Most Influential Students last semester. Here is my profile.”

Areas of interest

International Relations