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Fatima Ayub

Senior Policy & Advocacy Officer
Office of the International Advocacy Director

Fatima Ayub is a senior policy and advocacy officer at the Open Society Foundations, focusing on the South Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. She has previously worked in Afghanistan for the International Center for Transitional Justice, in London for Amnesty International and in Washington DC for Human Rights Watch. Her areas of interest and research include security sector reform, conflict analysis and rule of law promotion. She holds an MA in international relations from the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies and speaks Farsi, French, and English.

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Syria at the Brink
Fatima Ayub
August 9, 2011
blog BLOG  
There is outrage aplenty but minimal action over the Assad government's escalation of violence. Syria's neighbors and key Western governments need to help broker a new political framework.

Syria: Past the Point of No Return?
Fatima Ayub
June 17, 2011
blog BLOG  
By attacking and arresting its own citizens by the thousands, has the Syrian government discredited itself beyond redemption?

What it Takes to Protect Civilians in Libya
Fatima Ayub
April 20, 2011
blog BLOG  
The intervention in Libya, though rightly sanctioned and with just cause under the doctrine of responsibility to protect, was short on planning and long on hope.

World to Afghans: "Unhappy with Our Choices? Grin and Bear It."
Fatima Ayub
February 12, 2010
blog BLOG  
Afghan civil society groups and a lot of ordinary citizens are seriously alarmed by the prospect of the headlong dash to give Taliban leaders recognition and power.

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