Reza H. Akbari

Reza has more than 16 years of experience in international development, programme design, monitoring, evaluation and management. He has been responsible for developing and managing over a dozen accountability, media, research and civil society capacity building projects for IWPR.
 
A PhD candidate at American University where he studies the history of modern Middle East and critical theory, Reza is a frequent media contributor and has written for publications including Foreign Policy, the Guardian and CNN. He holds an MA in Middle East Studies from The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs.