Jamal Al-Tahat
 Jamal Al-Tahat  (journalist) | |
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| Nationality | Jordanian |
| Alma mater | Yarmouk University, University of Jordan, University of Leeds |
| Founder of | Integrity Initiative/Cluster/Jordan |
| Member of | Institute for Statecraft, Institute for Statecraft/Tor team |
| Interests | • Middle East • North Africa |
Senior fellow of the Institute for Statecraft who was paid £1000 for setting up Integrity Jordan. | |
Jamal Hassan Kadroh Al-Tahat became a senior fellow of the Institute for Statecraft between March[1] and November 2018.[2] His speciality was listed as "Security, Strategy and Governance, Middle East and North Africa".[2] He also works for the U.S based organization Democracy for the Arab World Now.
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Education
Al Tahat studied mathematics at Yarmouk University in Jordan, then getting a Post Graduate in Philosophy at the University of Jordan, and a Master's in Development Studies from University of Leeds, England in 1995.[3]
Background
Al Tahat worked as an instructor, researcher, and managing editor of the strategic journal (Istrategia Al-Ordun) at the Center for Strategic Studies at the Jordanian National Defense College. He then joined the Advanced Research Group as a visiting fellow with the British Royal Defense Academy for five years.[3]
Activities
Jamal Al-Tahat was paid £1000 for "Setting up Integrity Jordan, the Jordan Cluster of the Integrity Initiative", according to a leaked invoice.[citation needed]
In 2002 a Jordanian Jamal Al-Tahat took part in "Civil Society Initiatives in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership Area".[4]
In 2010 Dale Gavlak cited a "Jamal al-Tahat, Writer" in a BBC story about Jordan's elections as saying that "Even traditionalists don't believe a free election will take place. There's little trust of the current system and government and the vague discourse used by the regime over the past few years".[5]
Al-Tahat worked on media research with special focus on disinformation with Zephyr Associates, a British organization.[3]
He is a Senior Fellow at the U.S.-based organization Democracy for the Arab World Now.[6]
