Khaled Emam is a human rights lawyer from Egypt who currently serves as the Middle East Program Associate at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and as a Research Assistant at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. Previously, he was the Executive Director of Justice Call, a New York-based nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering young people for Peacebuilding in the MENA region, where he led several critical platforms for dialogue and peacebuilding, including the MENA Coalition on Youth, Peace, and Security (MCYPS) and the Regional Network on Prevention (WRNP). Prior to these roles, Khaled served as Co-Chair of the United Nations Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development (UN IANYD), where he led youth engagement in international policy-making platforms. Khaled’s work is centered on “Making Justice Work” by building demarctic networks and coalitions that foster constructive dialogue in polarized societies in the Arab region to advocate for an area where all people can enjoy dignity and the freedom to exercise their political rights. Khaled holds a Master’s in International Law from Cairo University and a Master’s in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
