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Nidaa Abu Ali has been a member of the Kingdom’s permanent delegation at the UN since August 2019. She is a diplomat working as a counsellor and head of the legal committee at the Permanent Mission of º£½ÇÖ±²¥ to the UN.
Abu Ali led the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s negotiations during the 7th Review of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, which was adopted on June 30, 2021.
Prior to that, she served at º£½ÇÖ±²¥â€™s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, working in multilateralism, public diplomacy and counsellor affairs.
Abu Ali was an attache at º£½ÇÖ±²¥â€™s mission in Singapore from 2009 until 2013.
She was a researcher at the Middle East Institute, in the National University of Singapore, from January 2009 for nearly a year, focusing on social, cultural and political changes in the Middle East.
She was a research analyst at the International Center for Political Violence and Terrorism from June 2007 to January 2009 and a specialist in terrorism in the Middle East with a focus on extremist organizations and the use of digital media for recruitment.
Abu Ali was a writer at Asharq Alawsat newspaper from October 2016 to July 2020, writing literature reviews and analyses about radicalization and terrorism. She also wrote reviews at Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper from January 2014 to September 2016. She was a journalist at Al-Hayat newspaper from June 2005 to August 2006.
She received a master’s degree from Nanyang Technological University in 2009 on strategic security studies. She also holds a certificate in counter-terrorism studies from Nanyang Technological University. She earned her bachelor’s degree in management information systems from Dar Al-Hekma University.