Haid Haid
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Bio
Haid Haid is a non-resident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He is also a senior non-resident fellow at the Arab Reform Initiative and a consulting research fellow at Chatham House’s Middle East and North Africa Programme. Previously, Haid was a programme manager focusing on Syria and Iraq at the Heinrich Böll Stiftung Middle East Office in Beirut. He has also worked as a senior protection assistant at UNHCR’s Damascus office.
His academic background includes a bachelor’s degree in sociology, a postgraduate diploma in counselling, and two master’s degrees—one in social development and another in conflict resolution. He also holds a PhD in war studies. His interdisciplinary research interests include governance, security, peacebuilding, and political economy.
Haid’s analysis has been featured in many research and media outlets including Chatham House, CNN, The Guardian, BBC, Channel 4, among others.
contact fellowResearch Areas (3-4 max)
- Conflict resolution
- Political economy
- Governance
- Justice and accountability
Countries of Focus (3-4 max)
- Syria
- Lebanon
- GCC
Other Areas of Interest (3-4 max)
- Post-Conflict recovery
- Institutional reform
- Regional security
Education
- D., Governance, King’s College London, 2020
- A., Conflict Resolution, King’s College London, 2016
- A., Social Development, Damascus University, 2009
B.A., Sociology, Aleppo University, 2005