Executive Director; Africa, the Middle East and Asia (AMEA)
Issues
Conspiracy Networks, Counter-terrorism, Digital Policy, Disinformation, Election Disinformation, Extremism, Far-left Extremism, Far-right Extremism, Geopolitics, Islamism, Platform governance, Public Health Disinformation, Violent extremism
Regions
Africa, Australia, Canada, Central America, Eastern Europe, Europe, France, Germany, Ireland, Middle East, New Zealand, North America, Oceania, Russia, South America, Southeast Asia, UK, US, West Africa, Western Europe
Languages
Moustafa Ayad is the Executive Director for Africa, the Middle East, and Asia (AMEA) at ISD, with more than 15 years worth of experience designing, developing, and deploying multi-faceted counter extremism projects in conflict and post-conflict environments across AMEA. He has experience in Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Kenya, Senegal, as well the United States, with a range of government and non-governmental partners on violent extremism, conflict resolution and strategic communications. Moustafa’s research on hybrid extremism and the use of social media platforms by extremist groups and their supporters has been featured in the Associated Press, BBC, The Times, VICE, CNN, NPR, Wired, and The Daily Beast.
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