Anwar is based in Paris, France, and joined GATE in July as our Movement Building Lead.
Before joining GATE, Anwar lived in Berlin, Germany, where he worked for the Center for Intersectional Justice (CIJ), and Transgender Europe (TGEU) and held a wide range of positions from Community Building intern to acting co-Director. The core of his expertise lies in community and capacity building, organizational development, and cross-movement engagement.
Prior to working in the nonprofit sector, he worked as a child and youth worker and mainly worked with kids from working class and migrant descent. Anwar is fluent in French and English, and has a decent level of German and Moroccan dialect.
In his spare time, he is a sexual health peer counselor and trainer for local trans organizations. He also trains in French pastry and is the proud uncle of several queer babies and kids.