Fatimah Shaikh

She/her/hers

Growing up, Fatimah witnessed the intense and widespread impact that corporate power has on people’s lives. 

Her parents’ jobs took her and her family all over the world. They moved every few years to places like Thailand, Egypt, and Argentina. The families in her immediate circle enjoyed wealth and privilege from working for transnational corporations and Global North governments. Meanwhile, the local communities faced the impacts of these entities conducting business in their homelands. Seeing the inequity that stemmed from these power dynamics made her want to challenge the core forces driving it.

As she got older, Fatimah learned more about how social movements and collective action have led to transformative change—from the Arab Spring in Egypt to the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia. She also saw what it takes to build power across constituencies while working in early childhood education, where parents, teachers, health providers, and other members of the community worked together to ensure the children received robust services. 

These experiences led her to study social movement theory at Tufts University. While studying, she felt drawn to the robust, decades-long movement for Palestinian liberation, and outraged by the role of corporations in driving settler colonization, violence, and displacement throughout the region. She continues to organize for the Palestinian cause by mobilizing solidarity in the U.S.  

At Corporate Accountability, Fatimah works across all campaigns, and co-directs the campaign to block Big Tech. She ensures that the campaign’s team members have a shared approach to organizing and mobilizing people power. 

In addition to her masters degree from Tufts University, Fatimah holds a BA from New York University in English and biology.

She loves biking around New York City with a camera in hand.