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Building the future of the MENA region, together.

Francois Zankih

Francois Zankih

Syria

Francois Zankih is a Syrian policy practitioner and activist focused on peace, conflict, security, a...

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Dr. Omid Honari

Dr. Omid Honari

Iran, UAE

OMID HONARI’s two decades of business leadership has established him as an acknowledged expert in th...

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Mohammed El Abbouch

Mohammed El Abbouch

Morocco

Mohammed El Abbouch is an expert in international relations, development, and peacebuilding, with ov...

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Dr. Marwa Alhwary

Dr. Marwa Alhwary

Libya

Counselor Dr. Marwa Abdulrraziq Khamees Mastor Al Hawary. Libyan woman with a position of general m...

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Naglaa Elhag

Naglaa Elhag

Sudan

Naglaa Elhag is the Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Search for Common Grou...

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Youssef Tobi

Youssef Tobi

Morocco

Tobi Youssef has joined the Policy Center for the New South in 2017. He is currently working on Poli...

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Hajar Aquerouach

Hajar Aquerouach

Morocco

Hajar Aquerouach is a young entrepreneur, with a passion for human development and skills developmen...

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Salma Annasse

Salma Annasse

Morocco

Salma Annasse is a Moroccan policy researcher and strategy consultant specializing in Middle East an...

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Dr. Dania Arayssi

Dr. Dania Arayssi

Lebanon

Dr. Dania Arayssi is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Ser...

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Shahd Asfour

Shahd Asfour

Israel

Shahd is a Tech Diplomacy professional, working at the British Embassy in Tel Aviv as the Tech Polic...

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Dr. Raslan Ibrahim

Dr. Raslan Ibrahim

Israel

Dr. Raslan Ibrahim is an Associate Professor of International Relations and Political Science at the...

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Dr. Michal Yaari

Dr. Michal Yaari

Israel

Dr. Michal Yaari is a Middle East expert in the Gulf states particularly Saudi Arabia. In addition, ...

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Dr. Amina Alhajri

Dr. Amina Alhajri

Oman

Dr. Amina Alhajri is Director General of Cultural, Social and Family Affairs at the General Secreta...

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Dr. Ghazi Ben Ahmed

Dr. Ghazi Ben Ahmed

Tunisia

Dr. Ghazi Ben Ahmed is an international geostrategy advisor and former European Commission official ...

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Arnon Katz

Arnon Katz

Israel, Italy

Arnon Katz is an entrepreneur, artist, and author with over three decades of experience in technolog...

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Ali Al Salim

Ali Al Salim

Iraq

Ali Al Salim was born in Basra, Iraq, in 1991 and raised in Dubai from an early age, he is an entrep...

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Dr. Nigel Meir

Dr. Nigel Meir

UK

Nigel studied Medicine at Oxford University (St John’s College) and worked as a hospital physician a...

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Dr. Haitham Kayyali

Dr. Haitham Kayyali

Palestine

Founder and CEO of Palolea, a Palestinian company that specializes in the production of active ingre...

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Abdalaziz Alkhamis 

Abdalaziz Alkhamis 

Saudi Arabia, UAE

A Saudi journalist and researcher, he is the editor-in-chief of many newspapers and magazines and ha...

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Dr. Hecham Bishara

Dr. Hecham Bishara

Egypt

Graduated from medical school, Alexandria university 1980 with high honors degree. Studied economics...

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Ahdeya Ahmed Al-Sayed

Ahdeya Ahmed Al-Sayed

Bahrain

Ahdeya Al Sayed, former President of the Bahrain Journalists Association. The first female to be ele...

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Dr. Yaroup Ajlouni

Dr. Yaroup Ajlouni

Jordan

A humanitarian entrepreneur and a physician. Yaroup has more than two decades of regional and intern...

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Ghaith Al Omari

Ghaith Al Omari

Jordan

A senior fellow in The Washington Institute's Program on the U.S.-Israel Strategic Relationship. The...

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Aviram Bellaishe

Aviram Bellaishe

Israel

For 25 years, Aviram served in a senior government positions as a Middle East specialist, Negotiatio...

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