Mom, Attorney
Noran Elzarka currently works at a reproductive and birth justice organization where she supports people who have experienced reproductive oppression, trauma and violence during labor and delivery, and/or CPS investigations and state intervention that attempt to separate families.
Noran was also active with the National Lawyers Guild’s Parole Preparation Project, collaborating with and advocating for people eligible for parole who are serving indeterminate sentences in NY State prisons. After graduating, Noran began her legal career as a public defender in 2018 at Brooklyn Defender Services in the Family Defense practice representing parents and families who were impacted by the family regulation system. Noran attended and graduated from CUNY School of Law where she worked with CLEAR to counter post-9/11 policies and practices that have particularly affected Muslim, Arab, South Asian, and other communities in NYC and facilitated numerous Know Your Rights workshops.
Noran is committed to working towards the abolition of violent systems that continue to intervene and oppress black and brown communities. Noran sees the struggle for Palestinian liberation, prison abolition, immigrant justice, and the end of family policing systems as one and the same - a commitment to the liberation of all people from state violence. Noran dreams of a world where people can make decisions for themselves and their families without state intervention.
Noran is also a mother to a 2.5 year old where she has learned some of the most beautiful lessons throughout the journey. Noran does this work for her daughter and for all the children that deserve and are entitled to live in a world free from violence and oppression.