A highly qualified team

Sajad Jiyad is an Iraqi political analyst based in Baghdad. He is a fellow at The Century Foundation.
His main focus is on public policy and governance in Iraq, currently overseeing and consulting for projects
on capacity building of public institutions and civil society organisations.
He has an educational background in economics, politics and Islamic studies

Sajad is currently the Iraq Dialogue team

leader and the coordinator for the Baghdad axis. In his role he supervises the dialogue across the national arena and manages the dialogue in Baghdad.
The team he leads brings together dozens of political elite and civil society members from across the spectrum to engage in honest, practical and realistic dialogue based on issues that matter most to people in their areas.