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Abdalftah Hamed Ali

Junior Visiting Fellow

Bio

Abdalftah Hamed Ali is a junior visiting fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He has recently graduated from the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Qatar, with a master’s degree in public policy.

Abdalftah’s research interests include economic development, public policy, energy transition, and sustainability in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

Previously, he was a research intern at Qatar Foundation’s EARTHNA Center for a Sustainable Future and the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies. Prior, he worked as an electrical engineer in Sudan. Hamed Ali has co-authored articles published in the Journal of Energy Strategy Reviews, the International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems Journal, and Doha Institute’s HIKAMA.

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Research Areas

  • Economic development
  • Public policy
  • Energy transition

Countries of Focus

  • Sudan
  • Qatar
  • Middle East and North Africa

Other Areas of Interest

  • Sustainability
  • Climate Change

Education

  • M.A., Public Policy, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, 2023
  • M.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey, 2022.
  • B.Sc., Electric and Electronics Engineering, Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan, 2017.

Articles

Trump's Return and Implications for the Middle East
In this Council Views, ME Council experts react to Donald Trump’s re-election, analyzing what his return to the White House means for the Middle East and North Africa. 
Ahmed Morsy, Mouin Rabbani, Tarik M. Yousef, Nader S. Kabbani, Paul Dyer, Aisha Al-Sarihi, Galip Dalay, Ranj Alaaldin, Robert P. Beschel Jr., Justin Dargin , Faozi Al-Goidi, Alhala Alkuwari, Abdalftah Hamed Ali, Mahjoob Zweiri, Yahia H. Zoubir
Sudan’s Dam Disaster: Where Climate Change Meets War
The recent floods and collapse of Sudan's Arbaat Dam exposes how climate change is multiplying the impacts of the war.
Abdalftah Hamed Ali
Gaza and Its Impact Three Months On - Council Views
Israel’s military campaign in Gaza is entering its fourth month with no end in sight. Council experts explore various dimensions of the fallout.
Adel Abdel Ghafar, Galip Dalay, Omar H. Rahman, Beverley Milton Edwards, Tarik M. Yousef, Abdalftah Hamed Ali, Alhala Alkuwari, Ranj Alaaldin, Sahar Khamis
“Global Boiling” is a Grim Reality: MENA Governments Must do More to Prepare
Climate change poses as great a threat to the Middle East and North Africa as anywhere on the globe. So why aren’t more governments in the region doing much about it?
Abdalftah Hamed Ali
Will COP28 Accelerate Climate Action in the Gulf and Beyond?
As the UAE gears up to host COP28, questions persist as to the sincerity of the oil exporting countries of the Gulf in addressing climate change. They should be judged according to their actions.
Aisha Al-Sarihi, Abdalftah Hamed Ali
BRICS Summit: Shaping a New Geopolitical Landscape – Council Views
The expansion of BRICS, announced at the August summit in South Africa, signals an emerging shift in the international order. Middle East Council experts analyze the significance of the bloc on the global stage and discuss questions raised at the summit about multipolarity, de-dollarization, and more.
Galip Dalay, Beverley Milton Edwards, Aisha Al-Sarihi, Shahram Akbarzadeh, Adel Abdel Ghafar, Ranj Alaaldin, June Park, Oumeyma Chelbi, Abdalftah Hamed Ali

Publications

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April 4, 2024
North Africa -
Sudan’s Puzzle: Confronting Climate Change in a War-torn State

Sudan is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change. Rising temperatures, increasingly erratic monsoon rains, prolonged droughts and frequent flooding pose mounting threats to both the environment and human society. Despite some efforts to mitigate these phenomena, Sudan’s latest conflict has highlighted the complex relationship between environmental fragility and geopolitical turmoil.

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