Nadia Daar
Associate, Middle East and North Africa Program
Nadia joined BIC's Information Services Program in November 2008 and after doing some project work with the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) program, she took on a full time staff position with the program in May 2009. Nadia grew up in Oman and moved to Toronto, Canada to pursue her Honors BA in Political Science, Economics, and Music History and Culture at the University of Toronto. She went on to do her Masters at York University where she focused on the political economy of the Middle East. Her thesis explored the changing role of civil society in international development with a focus on Yemen's Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers. Through her two years serving on the Board of Directors for the Ontario Public Interest Research Group-Toronto, Nadia gained experience working on a range of social and environmental campaigns in Canada including indigenous land rights, immigrant and refugee rights, and ethical investment among others. She has also done work around education issues, most recently traveling to the West Bank to help produce a documentary about education under occupation. She speaks Arabic and some French, and has limited knowledge of Spanish and Swahili.
Egypt
Middle East and North Africa
Yemen