Mahmoud Jabbari , Palestinian Territories
Mahmoud Jabari is an accomplished young professional who works across sectors, regions and platforms to shape regional collaboration and inform public policy agendas. His professional expertise includes private sector diplomacy, public-private partnerships and strategic communication.
At the World Economic Forum, he works with government and business leaders in Africa and the Middle East to amplify their impact and bring their expertise to new communities. He spearheaded the Forum’s engagement in Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp, including the planning and implementation of the first-ever Executive Leadership Education Module in 2019. Prior to the Forum, Mahmoud was an Economic Development Associate at the Jerusalem-based Quartet Mission where he managed political and economic engagement to inform the product development of an economic mapping platform. He has spoken at the Annual Conference of the US World Affairs Councils, TEDx Tufts and TEDx Teen New York City. Mahmoud Jabari holds a Master’s of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, with concentrations in International Business Relations and Political Economy. He also completed a Certificate in Strategic Management and International Consultancy from the Fletcher School’s Institute for Business in a Global Context.
In April 2018, he was inducted into Tufts University Honos Civicus Society for exemplary civic engagement. He holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Communication with a minor in Global Studies from Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont, which he attended on a merit-based scholarship. He was awarded the 2015 Champlain College Presidential Award for outstanding leadership and he gave the senior commencement address. Mahmoud Jabari grew up in Hebron, south of Palestine’s West Bank. As a child, he lived in H2, the part of Hebron under Israeli military control. His childhood and teenage years were heavily influenced and shaped by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the rough security conditions of the second Palestinian uprising (intifada).