Areas of Expertise

• Communication Management
• Public Relations
• Media monitoring and following local and international development

Education

Engineering – Beirut Arab University 1985

Bio

My interest in politics began in 1986, when I started to understand the development of civil war in Lebanon where I resided prior to moving to UAE. Currently, I am working with bhuth in managing employees documents as well as all the Center’s transactions with ministries and concerned institutions. Also, I play a key role in the Monitoring Team, in the process of following and extracting regional and international public and political news for research and analysis. Part of my work in the monitoring process includes looking at potential trends and news published through social network sites.

Contact email

ali@bhuth.ae

Social Media

Twitter

Areas of Expertise

• Communication Management

• Public Relations

• Global affairs 

Education

B.A Business administration - quality and strategic management, HCT, 2017-2018

Bio

Arwa graduated From Higher colleagues of technology and trained in governmental and non-governmental organizations for a year, and through she discovered her passion for politics.

She joined B’huth in 2020 and is currently working as a researcher on The North African politics.

Areas of Expertise

• Writing
• Research
• Editing
• Translation

Education

• PhD, Fictional Genre Translaion
• M. A. in Translation & Interpretation, American University of Sharjah, UAE
• B. Sc. In Rural Economics, University of Khartoum, Sudan

Bio

Skilled writer dedicated to work to high standards with extreme commitment to meet deadlines and assure output accuracy. A dynamic experienced translator, translated for the FAO and other regional and international organizations. The Sole Author of Fisheries and Marine Science Dictionary, English-Arabic, the first of its kind in the Arab world. CEO and Founder of TBLT, Khartoum, the Translation Firm which translated the Legislation of the State of Qatar. Has great experience in the fields of scientific research, business and technical writing and translation. In addition to translation of hundreds of economic, administrative and scientific reports and studies. Volunteered in women and other non-governmental associations.

Areas of Expertise

• Public Policy
• Development issues
• Economic Planning
• Competitiveness

Education

Ph.D. in Economics.

bio

Dr. Ibrahim Karsany graduated from Khartoum University with a Bs.C. (Hon) in economics, followed by a Ph.D. in development economics from Leeds University, England. He has accumulated a rich research experience in different fields of study ranging from development studies, economic planning, and problems of under-development to total quality management and competitiveness of nations.

Dr. Karsany’s work experience extends over four decades and ranges from university teaching, at both undergraduate and graduate levels, to working in international organizations such as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and in Governments, e.g, as Advisor to the Ministry of Economy, Oman, Muscat and as Economic Development Advisor, Department of Economic Development, Dubai, as well as in the Private Sector (DPPRC, Bhuth).

He has been a Visiting Professor and Scholar at reputable academic institutions; notable amongst them are Bergen University, Norway, The Scandinavian Institute for African Studies, Uppsala, Sweden, and The Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest. He also published a number of studies in learned specialized international journals and served on the Editorial Boards of Academic Journals in Sudan and abroad; e.g, The Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE), published in England. He has also presented papers as well as participated in a considerable number of international conferences, seminars and workshops and has published more than sixty pieces in daily printed as well as electronic papers covering a wide range of socio-economic as well as political topics and issues.

Contact email

ikursany@bhuth.ae

Director of Human Resources Affairs

Areas of Expertise

• Geo-strategy
• Reputation and soft power
• Public Policy and International Relations

Education

• Master’s degree in English Literature from Texas Tech University in 1995
• English Major from Kuwait University in 1987

Bio

He perused a career in media as a reporter for “Al Arabi” Magazine, Al Ittihad newspaper, and then Editor for Gulf Defense Magazine before starting as director of research at both and focusing on the interplay between Geostrategy and policymaking in governance, stability, capacity building, and future-proofing.

Mohammed has also worked as Deputy Director of Watani (UAE’s first initiative on National Identity) and is also a founding member of the board of “Bussola Institute” a think tank in Brussels that focuses on the changing and emerging aspects of the partnership between the EU and the GCC member states.

As part of his interest in the emerging geostrategic space of the Arabian Peninsula, Mohammed looks at Iran as part of the development of the area as a major trade artery. This development implies developing a sustainable relationship with its regional neighborhood on the Arabian Gulf, The Arabian Sea, the Red Sea, or the Mediterranean. Iran is a major component of that space and becoming more adaptable to the modernization process will allow it to become part of the future development of the region.

Areas of Expertise

• Expert in the Gulf region politics,
• Security and internal affairs and has been working on the GCC region since 2011.

Education

• Master’s degree in International Relations and World Order at Leicester University (UK 2016).
• Graduated from the Faculty of Law – University of Damascus in Syria in 2006

Bio

completed her master’s degree in International Relations and World Order at Leicester University (UK 2016). She graduated from the Faculty of Law – University of Damascus in Syria in 2006, and trained as a lawyer to register at Damascus bar association. She is an expert in the Gulf region politics, security and internal affairs and has been working on this region since 2011. Rasha Currently work as a senior researcher for Gulf affairs and supervise the training program at Dubai Pubic Policy Research Centre.

Areas of Expertise

• International Relations.

Education

• Bachelor Degree in Political Science from the United Arab Emirates University

Bio

In 1994 Sheikha Najla Mohamed Al Qasemi attained her bachelor’s degree in political science from the United Arab Emirates University. And in 2015 received her Master degree in E-Government from Stockholm University. In 1999 she worked as a researcher at the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies.

The year 2002 she commenced work with the United Arab Emirates Ministry for Foreign Affairs. In 2008 appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Sweden. And non-residents in the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Denmark. And appointed as Ambassador to the Republic of Portugal in 2014.

Returning to the United Arab Emirates and began working in Zayed University from August 2016 to June 2018. Starting from July 2018 she joined Dubai Public Policy Center (b’huth) as Senior Researcher and responsible for the “GCC in multipolar world” Program.

Non-resident fellow specializing in international affairs

Non-Resident Researcher - Research Leadership Program

Areas of Expertise

• Regional Affairs
• Public policy
• Geostrategic Affairs

Education

• Studied Economy & Political Sciences -Cairo University

Bio

With his veteran career in journalism, Al-Obaidly has an extensive, firsthand experience in regional and international affairs. He covered the first and second Gulf War, while also covering Palestinian and Sudanese affairs. In the last decade he started to focus on Political Islam movements.

Al-Obaidly is a regular commentator and columnist, frequently published in local Bahraini media and several others regionallly. He also worked as an editor in the Monthly Le Mobdediplomatique (Arabic Edition) from 2008 – 2010.

These backgrounds and expertise formed a solid base to move to the research and studies field.

Non-Resident Researcher - Research Leadership Program

Non-Resident Researcher - Research Leadership Program