Experience

• Served as Minister of Environment in Iraqi Interim Government (2004-2005)
• Professor at Baghdad University, College of Law (2001-2004)
• Founded and served as Director of Women and Environment, an NGO that operates out of Iraq and also served as Director of Women's Issues at the Free Iraq Foundation in Baghdad
• Member of the Iraqi Bar Association
• Author of several articles pertaining to women, the environment and international law in Iraq

Education

• MPA, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, 2006
• PhD, Baghdad University 2001
• MA, Baghdad University, 1996
• BA, Baghdad University, 1990

Regional Expertise

• Iraq

Issue Expertise

• Women's Issues