Experience

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  International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

  • United Arab Emirates
  • International Affairs
  • 300 - 400 Employee

  • Capacity Building, Administrative Management and Strategic Outreach Officer

    • Dec 2022 - Present

  • MENA Programme Officer

    • Jun 2017 - May 2023

    Organized three capacity building workshops for Arab countries: RE Auctions; RE Targets Setting; Using IRENA’s Open Solar Contracts (OSCs). Due to take place during Q4 2021.Lead author of a new report titled: Scaling Up RE in LDCs. To be launched during the LDC V conference. Doha, Qatar, 23 to 27 January 2022.I organized the COP 26 Climate-Energy Dialogue in the MENA region NDCs. April 27th, 2021.I provided support for the review of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs): Egypt, Lebanon Sudan, and the UAE.I organized capacity building activities in Sudan: RE Auctions; Using IRENA’s Open Solar Contracts. June 2021.I provided support to Jordan RRA study. Launched in June 2021.I directed the Tunisia RRA study. Launched in June 2021.I managed, a Suitability Analysis Study for Solar and Wind for Mauritania. Launched in June 2021.I directed the Lebanon Outlook report. Launched in July 2020.I organized a training workshop: IRENA Flextool for MENA. June 2020.I directed the report Power Sector Planning in Arab Countries: Incorporating VRE. Launched in January 2020.I organized a workshop: Opportunities for Accelerating RE Investment in the Arab Region. Beirut, Lebanon, 23-24 September 2019.I organized a workshop: Exchanging Best Practices to Incorporate VREs into Long-term Planning in Arab Countries, 21-24 April 2019, Amman, Jordan.I contributed to the report A New World: The Geopolitics of Energy Transformation. Launched in January 2019.I directed the Egypt Outlook report, Launched in October.I organized a capacity building workshop: IRENA’s Project Navigator platform for small/medium scale solar PV Projects. Cairo, Egypt, October, 2018.I directed the Evaluating the RE Manufacturing potential in the Arab Region: Jordan, Lebanon and the UAE report. Launched in September 2018.I organized a Capacity Building Workshop: Suitability Analysis Maps, Project Navigator and the Sustainable Energy Market Place. Nouakchott, Mauritania, December 2017.

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  Qatar University

  • Qatar

  • Assistant Professor

    • Feb 2015 - Jun 2017
    • Qatar

    Courses taught:- INTA 103, Introduction to International Relations- INTA 206, Globalization - INTA 450, Ethics of International Relations - POPL 200, Development of Ethics in Public Policy - POPL 221, International Energy Issues - POPL 228, Introduction to Energy Law and Policy - POPL 300, Principles & Tools of Evidence Based Policies- INTA 302, Politics of Oil - POPL 320, Energy Risk Management - POPL 321, Energy: Science, Technology and Human Usage - POPL 400, Public Leadership and Policy Development- POPL 420, Energy and Global Security- POPL 499, CapstoneI put together the syllabus of six courses as they were newly introduced. I supervised 10 Capstone projects as a first supervisor, and six as a second supervisor

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  The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies

  • Doha, Qatar

  • Researcher

    • Sep 2011 - Dec 2014
    • Doha, Qatar

    As a researcher at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, a research think tank dedicated to the social sciences and humanities of the whole MENA region. As such, and as a member of the “Political Analysis Unit”, was involved in the monitoring and analysis of the political events of the MENA region and directly contributed to drafting a number of assessment reports, policy briefs, political analysis documents and research papers related to the MENA region with a focus on the Arab Spring countries. As the work of the Center is based on first hand contacts within the MENA countries, it has helped me build a very strong network of contacts with the relevant academics, media and journalists, in addition to the political and social activists of the region.In my capacity as the coordinator of the seminar program of the Center starting May 2013 until December 2014, I organized over 20 seminars on various subjects dealing with the politics and economics of the whole MENA region.As a member of the “Editorial Board” of two academic journals published by the Arab Center (Umran and Arab Policies), I was directly involved, until my resignation, in the process of conceiving the journals, the editing process and the publication of 10 issues for each journal since they were launched in September 2012, and March 2013, respectively.

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  British Embassy in Algiers, Algeria

  • Algeria

  • Climate Security and Energy Affairs Officer

    • Sep 2007 - Jan 2009
    • Algeria

    In amy capacity as a Climate Security and Energy Affairs Officer at the British embassy in Algiers, I was in charge of advising the British government regarding their energy policy in Algeria given the fact that the UK imports gas from Algeria and that a number of British oil and gas companies operate in the Algerian upstream energy industry. Furthermore, I had a major role in liaising between Algerian official institutions and their British counterparts within the perspective of strengthening the bilateral political and economic relations.

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  Sonatrach

  • Algeria

  • SPE, Cadre Superieure

    • Jun 2001 - Sep 2007
    • Algeria

    As an executive within the Strategy Planning and Economy department (SPE) of the company I worked on policy as well as strategic issues related to the domestic activities of Sonatrach and its regional and international activities . Prior to joining the Strategy department, I also managed the sponsorship department of the company for three years which involved funding, managing and monitoring various activities and projects nationally and internationally.