Farhana Qazi is a recognized expert and public speaker on conflicts in the Islamic world with a background in counter-terrorism. She is the Executive Director of Global Insights LLC, a Research Fellow at the Center for Global Policy, and a Senior Fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies on Terrorism. She appears widely in the media and news as an expert on feminism, women, and the middle east. For her service to the U.S. Government, Farhana received the 21st Century Leader Award by The National Committee on American Foreign Policy in New York and The Humanitarian Award by her alma mater in Texas.