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Experts on countries of origin by country

Bjawi-Levine, Laure

Bjawi-Levine is a sociocultural anthropologist who holds a PhD from CUNY Graduate Center. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, and has taught courses on the Middle East and the Arab World at several colleges including George Washington University ad Santa Clara University. She has published articles on various topics surrounding human rights, Palestinian refugee children, and Iraqi refugees. Bjawi-Levine was born in Tunisia and grew up between Tunisia and France, and has lived, studied, worked and traveled extensively overseas. Her anthropological research focused mainly on North Africa and the Middle East where she conducted fieldwork among Palestinian children and families living in refugee camps.

Occupation: Anthropologist
Countries of expertise: France, Gaza Strip, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia, United States of America, West Bank, Western Sahara

Donelli, Francesca

Passionate advocate with a Master's in Human Rights and Conflict Management from Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies. Experienced in combating sexual exploitation with ECPAT International, managing missing children cases at Telefono Azzurro ETS, and researching human rights violations with PSCORE. Proficient in stakeholder engagement, research, and advocacy, dedicated to promoting social justice and protecting vulnerable populations.

Occupation: Your Occupation: A versatile expert in human rights and conflict management, adept in research, advocacy, and program management. Experienced in roles at ECPAT International, Telefono Azzurro ETS, PSCORE, and SOS Children’s Villages Italy. Proficient in stakeholder engagement, event planning, and data analysis. Committed to advancing social justice and safeguarding vulnerable communities.
Countries of expertise: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Malta, Netherlands, North Korea, Portugal, Slovenia, South Korea

Mehmood, Dr Maryyum

The Expert is an internationally renowned and award-winning academic and consultant specialising in violence against women and minorities, and racial and religious persecution in the South Asia and Muslim majority countries.

Occupation: Academic expert on gender-based violence, racial injustice, sectarian violence and religious persecution.
Countries of expertise: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, France, Germany, India, Kuwait, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America

Rahimi, Sadeq

The Expert’s research and publication interests have covered diverse aspects of culture, health and subjectivity ranging from collective self-esteem and perception of racism to schizophrenia and culture, political subjectivity, radicalization, clinical trials, behavioral economics, and artificial intelligence.

Occupation: Anthropologist, psychotherapist
Countries of expertise: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Canada, France, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States of America