Dr. Haid Haid is a columnist and a Senior Consulting Research Fellow at the Chatham House Middle East and North Africa Program. Previously, Dr. Haid served as a Program Manager focusing on Syria and Iraq at the Heinrich Böll Stiftung Middle East Office in Beirut. He has also worked as a Senior Protection Assistant at UNHCR’s Damascus office. Dr. Haid’s academic background includes a bachelor’s degree in sociology, a postgraduate diploma in counseling, as well as two master’s degrees, one in social development and another in conflict resolution. He also holds a PhD in war studies.