Tarek Maassarani

Tarek Farouk Maassarani is of German and Lebanese descent, currently living in intentional community (see maitrihouse.org) in Takoma Park, MD. He is the director of a legal and mediation clinic for the poor and teaches human rights and peacebuidling at the George Washington University. He has worked as an international human rights litigator, a government accountability investigator, legal services attorney, primary school conflict resolution educator, and community mediator in Washington DC. Internationally, he has worked on gender and peace-building, documentary film-making, educational, and community development projects in Africa and the Middle East. Tarek holds a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University's School for International and Public Affairs, a J.D. from Georgetown University, as well as a B.S. in Environmental Studies and B.A. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of California, Santa Barbara.