Experience across disciplines
Walid’s interests and expertise connect social and economic development with political and cultural dialogue, diplomacy, negotiation, governance and institutional development. His work has addressed education, health, migration, security and peacebuilding across Mediterranean, European, Middle Eastern and North African contexts.
Selected professional experience
HD Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue & the UN
Dialogue facilitator, mediator, mediation adviser, analyst, translator and interpreter. Work on national and local political processes and mediation initiatives with local and international actors in Libya, the Middle East and North Africa.
BBC Media Action · London–Tripoli
Programme manager, producer, scriptwriter and editor of Hiwar Mushtarak (Joint Dialogue), a talk show on Libyan National Television aimed at supporting national dialogue, peacebuilding and stability.
University of Tripoli & Almergeb University
Lecturer and academic research supervisor in language, politics and translation theory, including supervision of graduation theses.
International IDEA
Dialogue facilitation for joint discussions involving Libyan parliamentary delegations and Northern Ireland.
212 Media Group
Cofounder and writer in an awareness NGO producing films on the Libyan revolution and its aftermath, with a focus on transitional justice, human rights and social and political change.
Allibiya Radio Station
News editor and broadcast journalist in the News and Political Affairs Department.
Conference interpretation & translation
Diplomatic, political, cultural and legal conference convening, interpretation and translation for researchers, journalists, diplomats, public officials, peace activists and mediators.
Education & training · 2001–2012
- Kingston University London
MA in Cultural Studies - University of Tripoli
BA in Arts and Language Studies - Goldsmiths, University of London
International Diploma in the Humanities and Social Sciences - Cairo University
Media and Public Opinion Studies - Al Jazeera Media Development Centre
Diploma in TV News and Talk Show Presentation Skills - New TV, Beirut
Broadcast Journalism - Swisspeace & HD Centre
Dialogue Facilitation Training
Leadership exchanges · 2008
Participated in the World Economic Forum’s global meeting for young leaders in Dubai, heading a Libyan civil society delegation, and in the US International Visitor Leadership Programme focused on international collaboration and understanding.