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Asmaa has over five years of hands-on experience in some of the most complex and high-risk areas in the Middle East, working in peacebuilding, international security, and dialogue promotion programs. As the Country Director in Iraq, she leads programs and partnerships aimed at advancing inclusive peace efforts and promoting women’s leadership in peace and security—a field in which women’s participation remains nearly absent in the region.

Asmaa has extensive experience in field coordination, youth empowerment, conflict resolution, stabilization programs, and disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR), particularly in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. She also focuses on countering and preventing violent extremism (CVE/PVE), and regularly conducts research on conflicts and non-state armed groups, with a special interest in strategic intelligence cooperation.

Throughout her career, she has built partnerships with high-level government institutions, universities, and youth-led organizations, and has coordinated humanitarian responses for displaced communities. She is strongly committed to promoting inclusive political participation, closing the gender gap, and supporting innovative research in the field of international peace and security.