Liberty (advocacy group) September 2001, Shami Chakrabarti joined Liberty. After working as in-house counsel, she was appointed director of Liberty in 2003. As director, she began campaigning against what the pressure group saw as the "excessive" anti-terrorist measures that followed the 11 September 2001 attacks in the United States, such as the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (ATCSA). Liberty became increasingly high-profile, with Chakrabarti making regular appearances in the media. She was described in "The Times" newspaper as "the most effective public affairs lobbyist of the past 20 years". Since the 2015 UK general election, Liberty has spearheaded the campaign to save
Basim Shami to the next level after his elder brother Rami Shami. Farouk Systems USA was incorporated in 1986 by launching its first line of products. These products consisted of the first ammonia-free hair color as well as the first company to use silk in hair care with BioSilk Silk Therapy developed by Farouk And Rami Shami themselves. With Farouk Systems being his main concentration, his father Farouk Shami, Founder and Chairman, recruited Basim as the new President of the company in 2010. Shortly after this appointment, Basim served as a judge for the 2010 Miss Universe Pageant. In 2011, he was