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Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) Bochumer Fenster, 4th floor Massenbergstraße 9 B 44787 Bochum Germany Room 4.48 Tel.: +49 (0)234-32 21662 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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NATIONALITY |
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Jordanian | ||
RESEARCH FOCUS |
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Forced migration, human trafficking and migrant smuggling, arrival and resilience in post conflict PhD Dissertation: Coping and Resilience of Female Yazidi Survivors in the Post Conflict of the Islamic State Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ludger Pries |
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EDUCATION |
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2009 - 2011 |
M.A. in International Relations and Comparative Politics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA; California State University of Chico, CA, U.S.A. |
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2001 - 2005 | B.A. in English, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan. | |
WORK EXPERIENCE | ||
July, 2017 |
Research Consultant on child labor in Baghdad, a project funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. |
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2015 - 2016 |
Project Manager for Combating Trafficking in Persons, Heartland Alliance International, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. |
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2013 - 2015 |
Capacity Building Programme Officer, International Organization for Migration (IOM), Jordan: IOM Republic of Iraq. |
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2012 - 2013 |
Senior Assistant for Combating Human Trafficking, IOM Jordan; IOM Tanzania. |
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2011 - 2012 |
Programme Coordinator, Jordan Institute of Diplomacy, Jordan. |
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2010 - 2011 | Researcher, Research Foundation of California State University, Chico, CA ,U.S.A. | |
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS | ||
Sep, 2018 |
The Right Livelihood Junior Scientist Fellowship at the Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung, Right Livelihood College (RLC) at University of Bonn. |
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June, 2018 |
The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard Kennedy School Fellowship, researching on human security and modern day slavery. |
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2016 - 2019 |
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Award for Doctoral Research. |
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2008 - 2009 | Fulbright Award, Wellesley College, U.S.A. | |
MOST RECENT CONFERENCE PAPERS | ||
“The Arrival: The Migration of Female Yazidi Survivors of the Islamic State to Germany”, in the conference of “Belongings and Borders – Biographies, Mobilities, and the Politics of Migration”, European Sociology Association (ESA) Conference, January 24-25, 2019. University of Strasbourg, France. |
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“Coping beyond the Camp(s): Examining the lives of survivors enslaved by the Islamic State”, September 10, 2018. Right Livelihood College – Campus Bonn. |
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“Documenting the narration of refugees in forced migration contexts”, May 30, 2018. Aarhus University, Denmark. |
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LANGUAGE SKILLS | ||
Arabic (mother tongue); English (fluent); French and German (B1 level). |