Supna Zaidi
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Supna Syed Zaidi[1] (also spelled Sapna Syed Zaidi) is a Pakistani born American journalist, lawyer, director of the Council for Democracy and Tolerance, assistant director of Islamist Watch at the Middle East Forum, and editor-in-chief of Muslim World Today and Pakistan Today.[2] She is the deputy director of the Children's Rights Institute.[3]
In 1999, Zaidi received a B.A. in political theory and a B.A. in history of the Near East and Religion from the University of California, San Diego. In May 2003, she received a J.D. from New York Law School.[1] After graduation from law school, Zaidi practiced family, deportation and asylum immigration law in New York and New Jersey.
In 2008, Supna Zaidi was appointed Assistant Director of Islamist Watch.[4]
Zaidi is the daughter of Tashbih Sayyed, a Pakistani Muslim journalist and general manager of Pakistan Television.
