Ramy Abdu

Ramy Abdu (Arabic: رامي عبده) is a Palestinian financial expert,[1][2][3] assistant professor of Law and Finance, and human rights advocate[4] who was born in the Gaza Strip. He is the founder and chairman of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor, established in 2011.[5][6] He is currently the General Director of Nexus PR and Business Consulting, a company providing public relations and financial advice to businesses and individuals.[7] As the chairman of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor,[8][9][10][11][12] Abdu delivered several oral statements and took part in different events at the United Nations Human Rights Council, addressing human rights violations in the Middle East and North Africa Region.[13][14][15]

Ramy Abdu
رامي عبده
Ramy Abdu
Founder of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor
NationalityPalestinian
EducationPhD in Law and Finance from the Manchester Metropolitan University

Ramy Abdu is a policy analyst with the Al-Shabaka,[16] a Palestinian policy network. He sponsored the establishment of We Are Not Numbers in early 2015.[17] Conceived by American journalist Pam Bailey under the umbrella of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor, the project was launched for young adults in the Gaza Strip and designed both to help them share their narratives (and those of their people) in their own words with the Western (English-speaking) world and bust stereotypes about Palestinians.

Early Life and Education

Ramy Abdu holds a PhD and MRes in Law and Finance from the Manchester Metropolitan University, and an MBA in Finance from the University of Jordan. Before he served as the chairman of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor,[8][18] Abdu worked as a project and investment coordinator for the World Bank and other internationally funded projects aiming at tackling the economic and humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territories.[5][6]

Published Works

Ramy Abdu co-authored several publications, including Escaping the Escape: Toward Solutions for the Humanitarian Migration Crisis,[5] a book published by Bertelsmann Stiftung (ed.) in 2017, in which he analysed Palestinians’ motives to take deadly risks to attempt to leave the Gaza Strip, The Effect of the 50-day Conflict in Gaza on Children: A Descriptive Study, published by the Lancet.,[19] and As MENA States Grow Increasingly Repressive, Businesses Should Lead Reform, published on the Journal of Political Risk,[20] in which he analysed businesses' responsibility of challenging repressive policies and human rights violations in the MENA region. Abdu's published works also appear on University of Oxford,[21] London School of Economics,[22][4] OpenDeomcracy,[23] and Middle East Eye.[24]

Media Interviews

Abdu is frequently interviewed by several news media outlets, such as AlJazeera,[2][25] Associated Press,[26] AlAraby TV,[27] Middle East Monitor,[28][29] Mondoweiss,[30][31] IMEMC,[32][33] and Middle East Eye.[34][35]

References
  1. "The Gaza Gas Deal". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  2. "The Gaza Gas Deal". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  3. "ALRAY-Palestinian Media Agency-ALRAY". alray.ps. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  4. January 2nd; Comments, 2020|Sudan|0 (2020-01-02). "Middle East Banks Neglect Human Rights Implications of their Business Practices". Middle East Centre. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  5. Escaping the Escape: Toward Solutions for the Humanitarian Migration Crisis. Berlin: Bertelsmann Stiftung (ed.). 2017. p. 349.
  6. "Dr. Ramy Abdu – IPNGO". Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  7. Abdu, Ramy. "Linkedin Profile".
  8. Aldabbour, Belal. "Gaza: '100,000 hours of isolation'". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  9. "Flotilla sends a concrete message of hope for many Gazans". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  10. "Rights group calls Israel's actions 'system of structural violence'". Middle East Eye édition française (in French). Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  11. London, Palestinian Return Centre-. "Dutch Authorities Applaud 15th Palestinians in Europe Conference". prc.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  12. "Euro-Med Report Highlights Israel's Destruction of EU-funded Projects in Palestine". Palestine Chronicle. 2016-06-08. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  13. Euro-Med Monitor (2017-06-20), Ramy Abdu's statement at the Human Rights Council on Israeli human rights violations in Jerusalem., retrieved 2019-07-13
  14. Euro-Med Monitor (2017-09-11), Ramy Abdu, Euro-Med's chairman,comments on the situation of human rights in Yemen from HRC-Aljazeera, retrieved 2019-07-13
  15. Observer, Euromid. "UN must ensure that Palestinians achieve self-determination". Euro-Mid. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  16. "Ramy Abdu, Author at Al-Shabaka". Al-Shabaka. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  17. "We Are Not Numbers! || About Us". wearenotnumbers.org. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  18. "Rights group calls Israel's actions 'system of structural violence'". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  19. "The Effect of the 50-day Conflict in Gaza on Children: A Descriptive Study". The Lancet Journal. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  20. admin. "As MENA States Grow Increasingly Repressive, Businesses Should Lead Reform". Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  21. "COVID-19 pandemic exposes cost of MENA governments' lack of human rights standards for businesses". Oxford Human Rights Hub. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  22. August 27th; 2019|Featured; Comments, Research|0 (2019-08-27). "As MENA States Grow Increasingly Repressive, Businesses Should Lead Reform". Middle East Centre. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  23. "OpenDemocracy".
  24. "Ramy Abdu". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  25. Al Jazeera Arabic قناة الجزيرة (2015-05-27), الواقع العربي- آثار إغلاق مصر لمعبر رفح, retrieved 2019-07-13
  26. AP Archive (2015-08-03), Increasing numbers of Palestinians take big risks at a chance of a better life in Europe, retrieved 2019-07-13
  27. AlarabyTV - التلفزيون العربي (2015-04-20), تفاصيل أكثر حول القمة الأوربية الاستثنائية حول مسألة المهاجرين غير الشرعيين, retrieved 2019-07-13
  28. "Ex-Saudi MP backs 'Riyadh is more important than Jerusalem' drive". Middle East Monitor. 2017-11-24. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  29. "Rights NGO: Israel destroyed 250 economic facilities in Gaza in 25 days". Middle East Monitor. 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  30. "Palestinian teen killed by Israeli forces during raid on Jenin refugee camp". Mondoweiss. 2017-01-30. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  31. "Israel demolishes children's playground near Nablus". Mondoweiss. 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  32. "» Gaza Immigrants to Greece: The Fate of Our Companions is Unknown– IMEMC News". Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  33. "» Gaza Strip: War Crimes Documented (VIDEO)– IMEMC News". Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  34. "'The smell of death hangs everywhere': Blockade drives Gazans to suicide". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  35. "For Gazans, Israeli shelling harkens back to 2014 war". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
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