Kareem Rifai is a Syrian-American pro-democracy activist from Detroit, Michigan. He is in his final year at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, pursuing a BA in International Security, Japanese Studies, and Communication and Media Studies. Kareem has also studied Asian international affairs at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. Kareem is a former transatlantic analyst intern at the Streit Council for a Union of Democracies, where he focused on the impact of public opinion and rhetoric on NATO accession.