Sen. John Kennedy attacks Arab-American advocate: 'You should hide your head in a bag' The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing focused on stemming hate crimes. Maya Berry, the executive director of ...

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Maya Berry, executive director of the Arab American Institute, about a contentious exchange at a Senate hearing on hate crimes.

The hearing was about “stemming the tide of hate crimes in America” and Maya Berry, the executive director of the Arab American Institute, along with two other experts, was called up to testify.

GOP senator insults Arab American advocate at hearing on hate crimes Sen. John Neely Kennedy used a hearing about hate crimes to accuse Arab American Institute Executive Director Maya Berry of ...

Sen. John Kennedy accusing the Arab American Institute's Maya Berry of supporting terrorism and demanding she put a "your head in a bag" was shockingly racist.

Senator John Kennedy has sparked a backlash after he told an Arab American activist to "hide [her] head in a bag" during a hearing about hate crimes. Maya Berry, the founder of the Arab American ...

On Sept. 22, an editorial in the newspaper criticized U.S. Sen. John Kennedy for telling Maya Berry, executive director of the Arab American Institute, “You should hide your head in a bag ...

Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) had a shocking exchange with Maya Berry, Executive Director of the Muslim American Institute Tuesday. During a hearing on anti-semitism and hate crimes, Kennedy ...

Maya Berry is Executive Director of the Arab American Institute (AAI), a non-profit, nonpartisan, national civil rights advocacy organization founded to support the civic engagement of Arab Americans.

"Hamas is a foreign terrorist organization that I do not support...You asking the executive director of the Arab American Institute that question very much puts the focus on the issue of hate in ...

Maya Berry, executive director of the Arab American Institute, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 8, 2022 in Washington, D.C.

Maya Berry is an Executive Director for the Arab American Institute with 13 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2000 Forum as a Director for Government Relations in the ...