Iyad el-Baghdadi

Iyad el-Baghdadi is a Palestinian-Norwegian writer and human rights activist who attained international prominence during the Arab Spring. He is the author of The Middle East Crisis Factory, a book on the Middle East and North Africa and Western foreign policy in the region. He is the founder of the human rights organisation Kawaakibi Foundation. Baghdadi is based in Oslo, Norway. He was an advocate for pro-democracy movements during the Arab Spring.