Andrew Sayegh

Andrew Sayegh is Civil Rights Administrative Coordinator at the Council on American-Islamic Relations, California (CAIR-CA).

His work focuses on advancing civil rights and civil liberties for marginalized communities — particularly Muslim, Arab, and immigrant communities — with a particular emphasis on constitutional law, national security law, international human rights law, and Middle East policy.

Previously, he served as an Advocacy Intern at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP), a Government Affairs Intern at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), and a Congressional Intern at the U.S. House of Representatives.

He holds a B.A. in History and Arabic from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is an alumnus of the Arabic Immersion Program at Middlebury Language Schools and the UCEAP Middle East Studies program in Amman, Jordan.