Biography:

H.E. Ambassador Mohamed Anis Salem is, currently, Director of the BA Strategic Studies Center. He was the former Director of Development Works International, a consultancy office based in Cairo (2008�2018); Board Member of the Center for International Studies, and the Center for Political Research and Dialogue of Cultures, Cairo University, where he lectures in the graduate school of the Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences; and former Board Member and Current Coordinator of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs working group of the United Nations and Regional Organizations. He is also a member of the Advisory Council of the Anna Lindh Foundation of Dialogue of Cultures. During 2006�2008, Amb. Salem served as the UNICEF Representative in Syria. Earlier, he served in the Middle East and North Africa region, the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, Iraq, Sudan, and South Asia. Prior to his secondment to UNICEF, Amb. Salem worked at the Al-Ahram Center for Strategic Studies, then the External Relations Department of the Egyptian Parliament (1969�1971). In 1971, he joined the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, moving on to the London Embassy (1974�1977). In 1981, he became a Research Associate at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, working on inter-Arab conflicts.

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