Source: Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-religmuslim18jan18.story

On January 18, 2003 the Los Angeles Times reported that "the weekly planning meeting of the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) is buzzing with the energy of Gen-Xers who are emerging as the new leadership of one of Southern California's most prominent Islamic organizations... Fresh off a splashy effort last week to train human rights monitors to keep tabs on a federal immigrant registration program, the group is keen to keep up the momentum... Sarah Eltantawi, the 26-year-old national communications director, reports that she and another member will soon be attending an invitation-only White House briefing on the controversial INS program, which requires men from a score of countries, many of them heavily Muslim, to register. She and Susan Attar, the group's 20-year-old hate crime prevention coordinator, mention plans to improve training of monitors for the next round of registrations. They also plan to submit a report on complaints of abuse to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights... Kamal Abu-Shamsieh, the 36-year-old community relations director, gives a rundown on media coverage of the INS monitoring project: pieces not only by major newspapers and the national TV networks but also news organizations from Egypt, Germany, Sweden and Japan."