About us
Built on one word
The Haq Foundation exists to make education what the word haq says it is: a right — owed to every child, collectible from a world that keeps withholding it.
The founder
From Zar, with a microphone
Zar The Star was born in Tajikistan to an Afghan father, carried across borders as a refugee, and raised in Toronto.
Today she is a New York City stand-up comedian and content creator whose work — sharp, personal, unmistakably hers — reaches hundreds of thousands of people every week. Her Afghan, Tajik, and Muslim identity isn't a footnote to the act; it is the act.
School was the one thing no border crossing could take back out of her head. The Haq Foundation is her answer to a simple, unbearable piece of arithmetic: she received her education by luck of geography, while millions of girls who share her blood are denied theirs by law.
Luck is not a system. Rights are.
The team
Small, loud, and growing
Zar The Star
Founder
Comedian, content creator, and the reason quiet was never an option. Sets the mission, captains Zar's Stars, and fronts the advocacy.
This could be you
Join us
We're building the founding team — squad captains, operations, partnerships. If the word haq means something to you, write to us.