Maha Yahya is the Director of the Middle East Centre, Carnegie. Prior to joining Carnegie, Yahya worked on Participatory Development and Social Justice at UN-ESCWA and with various international organisations on socio- economic development and post conflict policies in Lebanon, Pakistan, Oman, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Iran. She is a member on several advisory boards including the Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship, Refugees Deeply and The Arab Forum for Alternatives.