Jamal Al-Tahat

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(journalist)
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NationalityJordanian
Alma materYarmouk University, University of Jordan, University of Leeds
Founder ofIntegrity Initiative/Cluster/Jordan
Member ofInstitute 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.

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]

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