Experience

World Food Programme

• Italy
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Programme Policy Officer

  • Dec 2018 - Present

  Lead all stages of the project management cycle in the resilience, innovation and livelihoods work for WFP Libya, including Food Assistance for Training, Food Assistance for Assets and Hydroponics, supporting several thousand beneficiaries.Build partnerships with peacebuilding actors, attained funding for nexus projects, and created internal conflict sensitivity forum in order to explore potential contributions to peace that WFP could make in Libya.Coordinate budgeting, supply chain, protection and conflict sensitive programming, and support for communications with donors and other UN agencies related to livelihoods programming

• Programme Officer

  • Dec 2017 - Dec 2018

  Managed the day-to-day support WFP provided to Syrian refugees in Iraq. This included providing USD 1 million in cash-based transfers to 60,000 food insecure people each month.Led work to improve accountability to affected populations for the Syrian refugee response, leading to a 70 percent reduction in complaints.Coordinated the implementation of a large-scale, inter-agency targeting exercise in all refugee camps, including support on the assessment and analysis of the populations.

• Reports Officer

  • Jan 2016 - Dec 2017



Navanti Group

• United States
• International Affairs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Syria Analyst

  • Jul 2015 - Jan 2016

  I worked on the Syria Analysis Project at Navanti. This included translation, research in Arabic, writing, analysis, and working with contacts in the region. The project provided information on atmospherics and local conditions inside Syria for clients including international organizations. I also worked on a project that helped provide feedback on media outlets broadcasting inside Syria.



Georgetown University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant to Daniel Neep

  • Dec 2014 - May 2015

  I worked as a research assistant for Professor Daniel Neep on his Syria-related projects. The work involved library research in Arabic and English, online data gathering, fact checking, and general administration.



The Wilson Center

• United States
• Think Tanks
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Research Assistant to Joby Warrick

  • Jan 2014 - Jul 2014

  I supported Joby Warrick with his book on Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and the Roots of the Syrian Conflict. This involved research in both Arabic and English on the activities of Zarqawi and his associates in Jordan prior to the 2003 Iraq war, as well as research on jihadis throughout the conflict in Syria. The book, Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS, won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction.



Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs

• United States
• International Affairs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2014 - May 2014

  I worked with Professor Jocelyne Cesari at Georgetown University's Berkley Center on issues pertaining to the role of Islam in politics around the world. More specifically I helped to build up the profile on Syria on www.islamopediaonline.org. In this country profile, Islam is systematically analyzed trough the following lenses: Islam in the constitution, Islam in the legal system, Islam in the education system, Islam in Politics, and Islam and transnational influences.



Youth Diplomatic Service

• Y8 Quartet Representative to the Middle East

  • Apr 2013 - Aug 2013

  I discussed and negotiated policy recommendations within the Foreign Affairs panel of the Y8 summit on situations in Syria, Mali, and Libya. The Y8 summit welcomed young leaders from around the world and was organised by the Youth Diplomatic Service, the official UK partner of The International Diplomatic Engagement Association (The IDEA). The IDEA is a group of youth-led think-tanks, charities and not-for-profits who work together to engage and empower young people, so they can take a leading role in global diplomacy.



Arab-West Report

• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Arabic-English Translation Assistant

  • Jun 2012 - Sep 2012

  I translated articles from Arabic language newspapers into English for use by NGOs interested in Muslim-Christian relations. I also summarised content from the Arabic language media, including social media, on topics of interest into the English language.