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Mehreen Farooq
Research Fellow, Understanding Socio-Political Groups in Pakistan
World Organization for Resource Development & Education
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BIOGRAPHY
MEHREEN FAROOQ received her MA in International Affairs from American University, focusing on the socio- political development of the broader Middle East. She has presented to the US Government’s interagency Afghanistan-Pakistan Task Force on the challenges in implementing effective US development assistance in Pakistan’s Frontier. Recently, Farooq published “Defeating the Taliban in Pakistan” in The Hill.
Prior to serving as the Research Fellow for the WORDE initiative, Understanding Socio-Political Groups in Pakistan she worked with McGill University’s Institute for Health and Social Policy, the Center for Democracy and Election Management and the Middle East Institute. In 2007 she was selected as a Fulbright scholar to research the future of opposition parties in Egypt. Farooq received her BA in Political Science and Leadership from Christopher Newport University.
Farooq has lived and traveled throughout Pakistan, including the frontier regions of Baluchistan. She is fluent in Urdu and has studied Arabic.
Publications
Developping FATA, A White Paper for USAID
White Paper - 12/04/09
Defeating the Taliban in Pakistan
The Hill - 11/12/09 Edition
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