Fuad Ayad

Communications - Fall 2025

Fuad Ayad is a Fall 2025 Communications Intern at CAIR-Chicago and a senior at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) majoring in Political Science. A Palestinian American, who actively participates in humanitarian protests across Chicago and conducts supervised research on Middle Eastern politics with his professor at UIC. Fuad has been awarded for recognition of a best paper written for the Political Science class during the AY 2024-2025, in comparative politics. He has an art and weightlifting hobby, and enjoys studying Islamic eschatology. Additionally, Fuad’s Islamic faith guides him to do what is right. Fuad joined CAIR-Chicago to help eradicate Islamophobia, gain exposure in the field, and help bring forth better representation for Palestinian Americans in the US.