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Farhana Khera is a prominent American civil rights attorney and advocate, serving as the President and Executive Director of Muslim Advocates, a national civil rights organization focused on combating anti-Muslim bigotry and discrimination in the United States. In this role, she has been a leading voice on issues concerning civil liberties, national security policies, and the impact of government actions on Muslim communities. She has been a vocal critic of policies she views as discriminatory, including racial and religious profiling, and has advocated for the protection of constitutional rights for all Americans. Prior to her tenure at Muslim Advocates, Khera held significant positions in both government and the legal sector, including Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, and as a litigator at Hogan & Hartson (now Hogan Lovells) and as a policy director at the National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium (NAPALC).