Scholar · Advocate · Leader
Khaled
Alqazzaz
Resilience, justice, and community — from Cairo's streets to Canada's corridors of power.
EdTech Consultant
Civil Rights Advocate
Muslim Community Leader
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Scholar · Advocate · Leader
Resilience, justice, and community — from Cairo's streets to Canada's corridors of power.
About
70K+
Voters Mobilized — MuslimsVote 2025
100+
MP Engagements Nationwide
30+
Coalition Partners
18
Months of Unjust Detention
Biography
Khaled Al-Qazzaz is a leader, organizer, and civil rights advocate driven by an unshakable commitment to Islam and justice — a commitment forged not in comfort, but through extraordinary personal sacrifice.
Khaled currently serves as Executive Director of the Canadian Muslim Public Affairs Council (CMPAC), a national advocacy organization combating structural Islamophobia. He also oversees the Institute for Religious and Socio-Political Studies (I-RSS), a centre for policy research on Muslims in North America. He additionally serves as a member of the international justice committee of Human Rights Watch Canada.
Khaled holds a master's degree in Applied Sciences and Engineering from the University of Toronto and completed doctoral coursework in Education at Walden University. His interdisciplinary background spans education, communications, project management, and technology — enabling him to lead the Al-Qazzaz Foundation for Education and Development (QED), which delivers innovative e-learning tools to nonprofits and produces programs for refugees, newcomers, and vulnerable communities across Canada.
In 2005, Khaled moved to Egypt, where he founded and directed an International School. In early 2011, he stood among the masses of Egyptians in the January 25 Revolution. In 2012, he was appointed Secretary to the President of Egypt for Foreign Relations. On July 3, 2013, Khaled was forcibly detained without charge for 18 months in solitary confinement. He was released in January 2015, returning to Canada in August 2016 — and immediately resumed his life's work.
He has served as an expert witness on structural Islamophobia before Canada's Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights, and has contributed op-eds to the New York Times, Foreign Policy, Middle East Eye, Policy Options, and The Hill Times. He lives in Mississauga with his wife, Sarah Attia, and their four children.
See My Work ↓Work & Organizations
National Advocacy · Executive Director
CMPAC combats structural Islamophobia through community mobilization, policy advocacy, and direct lobbying — research-backed and rooted in Islamic values. In 2025, its MuslimsVote.ca campaign mobilized 70,000+ voters across 343 ridings.
100+
MP engagements
78,793
Emails to officials
75+
Community events
30+
Coalition partners
Policy Research · Executive Director
Independent national research institute bridging academia, community, and public policy. Publishes the peer-reviewed RSS Journal (ISSN 2817-1209), policy briefs, and organizes public forums on Muslims in Canada.
i-rss.org → RSS Journal →Human Rights · Committee Member
International justice committee — contributing expertise on foreign policy, political detainees, and the rights of marginalized communities globally.
Education Technology · Founder · Est. October 2016
QED empowers marginalized individuals and connects them to effective social institutions, promoting equal access to services and rights. It serves as the EdTech partner for nonprofits — delivering e-learning tools for refugees, newcomers, and vulnerable communities, bilingual in Arabic and English.
Mental Wellness First Aid Kit
Culturally customized e-learning (Arabic & English) equipping refugee families and service providers with tools to support traumatized children.
Catch-Up: Transitional Education
E-learning modules bridging education gaps for refugee students whose schooling was interrupted by conflict.
'Month 13' Research Project
Research on integration milestones of Syrian newcomers to Canada — mapping barriers and translating findings into policy recommendations.
Education Consulting · 2019–Present
Established and managed MAC's education department — curriculum for 10+ full-time Islamic Schools and 20+ part-time schools, teacher resources, published books, professional development, and MAC's first media production studio (Islam & Life weekly show, Ramadan series, online Eid Festival).
elearning.macnet.ca → islamawareness.ca →Foreign Affairs · Government of Egypt
Appointed June 30, 2012. First to place human rights formally on the Egyptian Presidency's agenda. Led women's rights hearings, brokered international meetings, and advanced Egypt's democratic transition — until the July 3, 2013 military coup and subsequent 18-month unjust detention.
Education Leadership · Founder & Director
Co-founded and directed this K–12 international school in Cairo, leading its international department and volunteering with AdvancED for school accreditations across the MENA region.
Ideas & Writing
The principles at stake in Gaza — respect for international law, human rights, and the rules-based order — are the same principles that protect Canada in trade, security, and foreign policy.
A critique of Egyptian education's reliance on rote memorization, contrasted with Bloom's Taxonomy — and a call to develop generations that analyze, create, and evaluate.
Press & Media
Toronto Star
ENApril 2025
CMPAC Coalition
ENMay 2025
Read →MuslimsVote.ca
ENApril 2025
Read →Middle East Eye
ENMay 2024
Read →Policy Options
ENJanuary 2023
Read →The Hamilton Spectator
ENMay 2021
Read →The Hill Times
ENNovember 2020
Read →CBC News
ENFebruary 2017
Read →CBC News
ENSeptember 2016
Read →Reuters
ENJanuary 2015
Read →Amnesty International
ENJanuary 2015
Read →CBC News
ENJune 2014
Watch →Senate of Canada
ENParliamentary Record