Salah Ali is a dynamic professional currently serving as the General Coordinator at the Iraq Religious Freedom and Anti-Discrimination Roundtable, and he holds the position of Fellow with the Middle East Action Team at the Religious Freedom Institute. Simultaneously, Salah works as an Advisor to the Minister of Endowment and Religious Af-fairs in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, focusing on critical areas such as peacebuilding, re-ligious freedom, and fostering peaceful coexistence. Additionally, he co-founded the re-cently established Middle East and North Africa Platform for Religious Freedom and Coexistence (MENAP).
Committed to academic excellence, Salah is pursuing a Ph.D. in Politics and International Relations at Leeds Beckett University, complemented by a Master’s degree in Peace and Development Studies from the same institution. Further enhancing his professional and academic credentials, Salah holds a certificate in Polit-ics from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from The Open University in the UK.
Salah Ali’s diverse roles, initiatives, and academic pur-suits underscore a comprehensive commitment to promoting religious freedom, peace, and coexistence in Iraq and the broader Middle East region.