Ruwan Al-Rejoleh

“I hope to inform and influence the public opinion and shape the policies in the US regarding important issues related to activism, peace and co-existence in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region. My ultimate goal is to be a member of the National Security Council to help shape US policy in the MENA region.”

Ruwan Al-Rejoleh is a scholar and a managing director of a boutique consultancy based in Washington DC with extensive experience in geopolitics and strategic communications. She provides informative analysis and intellectual products to various types of organizations and stakeholders that operate in fields related to the Fragile States and Armed Conflicts. Her work focuses on the Middle East and North Africa and provides a nuanced understanding of groups engaged in conflict, including their religious motivations and social alliances as well as exploring the multi-dimensional impact of armed conflicts on local communities and local governance activities. Al-Rejoleh also focuses on social media analysis, content creation and information operations.

She has provided her informed analysis and briefs to various senior policymakers in London, Washington, DC and beyond. Formerly, Al-Rejoleh served in research institutions such as the Brookings Doha Center in Qatar, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change in the United Kingdom, the Navanti Group in the United States and Bank Audi in Syria. She has published several reports on violent extremist organizations and authored op-eds and analysis pieces featured in CNN, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and NATO Allied Command Transformations. Born in Washington DC and raised in Damascus, Syria, Al-Rejoleh has a Masters in Global Development and Peace from University of Bridgeport, Connecticut and is a Boren–EHLS award recipient, as well as a Georgetown University alum.

Topics include: women’s empowerment, peace, security, transforming fear, building trust, Syria, Middle East peace, people-to-people dialogue, leadership, youth empowerment, combatting violent extremism, social media analysis, content creation, misinformation/disinformation, information operations, online extremism & more.

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