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New York Team
Running our global operations from our NYC base

Faisal Saeed Al Mutar
President & Founder Ideas Beyond Borders

Melissa Chen
Managing Director & Board Member

David Reis
Chief Strategy Officer

Evan Riggs
Marketing and Communications

Skip Winitsky
Counselor to the President

Abdo Al Rayyis
Development and IT Manager

Maher Gabra
Executive Producer, Bel Arabi

Reid Newton
Editor and Program Manager
Middle-East Team
Our on-the-ground management team in the Middle East

Ahmed Al Rayyis
General Manager

Hussein Ibrahim
Iraq Country Director

Dana Radwan
Editor and Proofreader

Walid Cherkaoui
Content Manager

Raghad Alkatlabe
Translator & Mentor

Ahmed Reda
Chief Editor

Diana Naous
Translator & Mentor

Mustafa Bajood
Executive Producer

Roua Barakat
Translator & Mentor

Majd Drebati
HR Management

Lilav Haj Ali
Translator & Mentor

Rand Issam
Translator & Mentor

Issam Fawaz
Communication and Data Manager

Mira Jundi
Translator & Mentor

Mohammad Hijjawi
Program Management

Majd Albasha
Marketing Manager

Alissar Ghanem
Translator & Mentor

Alber Saud
Social Media Manager

Razan Hamida
Translator & Mentor

Sarah Aldonia
Translator & Mentor

Abdulla Arfa
Wikipedia Publishing Manager