Samar mohamed ali biography
Samar Mohammed was born on 4 February in Mosul, Iraq..
Samar, a year-old from Alexandria, graduated from the Faculty of Arts with a degree in Greek and Roman Archaeology in
Samar S. Ali is a Research Professor of Political Science and Law at Vanderbilt University, the founding President and CEO of Millions of Conversations, and co-chair of the Vanderbilt Project on Unity & American Democracy.
Her work focuses on positive compromise through promoting conflict-resolution best practices among people, communities and nations experiencing polarization due to the connection between violence and labeling. Ali has 14 years of experience in international relations and legal practice, working at the intersection of civil rights, national security, and economic development.
Her career has taken her from South Africa, where she worked with Constitutional Court Justice Edwin Cameron, to the White House, where she worked with President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on counterterrorism measures.
As an associate with Hogan Lovell US in Washington D.C., she helped to establish the firm’s Middle Eastern practice in the Unite
