Nadia Daar
Senior Associate, Middle East and North Africa Program
Nadia joined the Bank Information Center in November 2008. She grew up in Muscat, Oman and moved to Canada to pursue her undergraduate degree 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 also spent 5 years doing community education about the Israel/Palestine conflict. She speaks Arabic and some French, and has limited knowledge of Spanish and Swahili.
Egypt
Lebanon
Middle East and North Africa
Yemen