Haid Haid
Former Nonresident Senior Fellow
Bio
Haid Haid is a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He is also a senior nonresident fellow at the Arab Reform Initiative and a consulting research fellow at Chatham House’s Middle East and North Africa Programme. His interdisciplinary research interests include governance, security, peacebuilding, and political economy.
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 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)’s Damascus office.
Haid’s analysis has been featured in many research and media outlets including Chatham House, CNN, The Guardian, BBC, and 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
- Ph.D., Governance, King’s College London, 2020
- M.A., Conflict Resolution, King’s College London, 2016
- M.A., Social Development, Damascus University, 2009
- B.A., Sociology, Aleppo University, 2005