Zainab Zeb Khan

Ms. Khan chairs the Muslim American Leadership Alliance. Born in Chicago to immigrants from Pakistan and Afghanistan, Khan became a community activist after eye-opening experiences counseling survivors of domestic violence and organizing exhibitions for international female artists facing repression. A former Senior Clinician, she co-curated the International Museum of Women’s exhibition “Muslimah: Muslim Women’s Arts and Voices.”

She has served as a United Nations Delegate on the Commission on the Status of Women since 2013, is a member of Picture Motion’s Impact Advisory Board, and is a former member of the American Pakistan Foundation Board of Directors. An acclaimed visual artist, she was honored with the inaugural UNICEF Next Generation Chicago Humanitarian Award, as well as the 2020 Silver Stevie Award for Female Executive of the Year in the non-profit sector. She has published an Oral History Review about MALA’s “Muslim American Journeys” program recording Muslim American oral histories. She was recently published in Newsweek and PBS, and serves as an Advisory Board Member for PBS’ “Exploring Hate.”