At a meeting of the Canadian Arab Federation on the day after the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal heard the complaint, Hall served on a panel along with Khurrum Awan, one of the student lawyers who helped file the complaint who testified at the BC Human Rights Tribunal against "Maclean's", and Haroon Siddiqui, editor emeritus of the "Toronto Star". Hall joked to the audience that she could finally speak freely with her co-panellist Awan about his complaint. Awan praised Hall's condemnation of "Maclean's", stating that he had difficulty developing support until Hall called "Maclean's" Islamophobic, and then "everyone wanted to be our uncle."