Basma is the Campaign and Membership Director. Prior to joining ESCR-Net, Basma worked on issues relating to the US immigration system, leading campaigns aimed at the abolition of the carceral system, including intersectional divestment campaigns. She has been involved in the immigrant worker justice movement, supporting the decriminalization of street vending and other precarious forms of work. She is deeply committed to indigenous liberation and has organized in solidarity with the Palestine refugee community in Lebanon since 2012. She received an MSc in Labor, Social Movements, and Development from SOAS in 2014. She is based in New York City.
