Experts & Staff

Raiman Al-Hamdani

ECFR Alumni · Visiting Fellow

Areas of expertise

MENA, Horn of Africa, local actors, security and development

Languages

English, Arabic, conversational Dutch

Biography

Raiman al-Hamdani was a visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, and a researcher for the Yemen Policy Center and ARK Group. Hamdani’s research and professional work is orientated around issues of security, stabilisation and development in the Middle East and North Africa. He has volunteered at schools for disabled children, worked in camps for internally displaced persons, and represented Yemen at the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations. Hamdani holds an MA in international security from the American University in Cairo and an MSc in development from SOAS University of London.

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