Shaha Riza

Shaha Ali Riza ( born 1953 or 1954 in Tripoli ) is a high-ranking representative of the World Bank for the development of Region Middle East and North Africa.

Life

Riza has a Libyan father ( Khalid Alwalid Algargny ) and a Syrian- Saudi mother who lives in Tripoli. She grew up in Saudi Arabia and studied in 1977 at the British London School of Economics. Your master's degree in international relations, it made ​​in 1983 at St Antony's College, Oxford University. Here Riza also met her husband, Bulent Ali Riza Turkish Cypriots know, whose name it bears and with whom she has a son. Marriage is now divorced, the son lives with her.

Riza, which is often referred to as " Islamic women's rights activist ", specializing in the Middle East and conducted a series of field studies in various Arab countries, such as for NGOs Iraq Foundation and National Endowment for Democracy (NED ), two associations, committed to the strengthening of western-oriented governments.

In 1997 she came to the World Bank, where she worked for five years as Senior Coordinator in the Office of the Chief Economist for the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa Social and Economic Development Group ). Here she was equality and civil society representatives ( Gender and Civil Society Coordinator ). Since July 2002 she has worked for the MENA region as deputy head of the department for external relations with the Middle East and North Africa ( Acting Manager for External Relations and Outreach ).

Because of the love affair with the President of the World Bank and former deputy head of the Pentagon, Paul Wolfowitz, Riza was sometimes referred to as one of the most influential Muslim women in Washington.

In 2007 the public for possible nepotism within the World Bank Shaha Ali Riza between Paul Wolfowitz and began to be interested in what led to Wolfowitz announced his resignation as World Bank President on 30 June 2007.

The relationship between Paul Wolfowitz and Shaha Ali Riza has now ended.

Publications

  • Jordan Quarterly 2004 ( PDF; 672 KB)
  • Gender Assessment, 2003 ( PDF; 316 KB)

Swell

  • Feminist
  • Politicians (United Kingdom)
  • Libyan
  • Born in the 20th century
  • Woman
Near East
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