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Alaa speaks across peace and security, faith-aligned capital, child and maternal survival, global governance, women's health and economic opportunity, leadership in fragile contexts, innovative finance, the future of faith, agency and trust, and how AI and emerging technology reshape who has access to capital, health, and power.

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Keynotes Delivered

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Keynote & Moderated Conversation

A keynote, fireside chat, or moderated conversation for corporate events, international conferences, university lectures, galas, and private gatherings worldwide. Alaa brings the room to a place it didn't expect to go.

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Strategic Advisory

Strategic counsel for organizations navigating the intersection of peace building, financing, health, security, faith, and development. Alaa advises governments, foundations, multilaterals, and private-sector leaders on financing architecture, coalition design, movement building, systems-level strategy, and institutional transformation — from how capital flows to how communities organize to how leaders are developed.

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Partnership & Collaboration

Co-design initiatives, campaigns, or financing vehicles at the intersection of faith-aligned capital, women's health, or peacebuilding. Alaa partners with organizations ready to build something that doesn't exist yet.

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Where Alaa Has Spoken

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    The New York Times

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    CNN

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    Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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    United Nations Foundation

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    Women in the World Summit

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    National Geographic

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    UN Security Council

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    Harvard University

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    The Africa Debate

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    Global Citizen Festival

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    Columbia University

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    Munich Security Conference

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    Commission on the Status of Women

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    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Drawing on two decades of building coalitions in war zones, boardrooms, and the UN Security Council, she brings a clarity and conviction that reframes how audiences understand peace, health, faith, and power.

SIGNATURE FRAMEWORKS

The Permission Gap

Why the communities with the most at stake have the least access to the capital and decisions that shape their future. This framework grew out of fifteen years of WPS work - watching women hold communities together during conflict while being excluded from every negotiating table. It drove the creation of Voice of Libyan Women, the Noor Campaign, and the advocacy behind four UN Security Council processes.

Sacred Capital

The thesis that faith-aligned wealth - waqf, zakat, sadaqah - is the largest underdeployed capital pool in global development, and that the barrier to mobilizing it is architectural, not philanthropic. This framework is the architecture behind the For Mama movement I created, which has since catalyzed $125M in faith-aligned capital for maternal and newborn health, underpins my work on the Lancet-Georgetown Commission on Faith, Trust & Health, and drives what I'm building next.

Moral Velocity

The speed at which institutions can move capital and policy toward the people who need it, measured against the cost of every day they don't. This framework shaped how I led a $1B+ portfolio at the Gates Foundation - redesigning decision-making timelines across 21 health strategies and building the fragile settings practice to ensure the most crisis-affected communities weren't last in line.

Sacred Scaffolding

The community structures - faith networks, women's coalitions, local leadership - that hold populations together when formal institutions collapse or withdraw. The scaffolding that keeps people alive before any funding arrives and long after donors leave. This framework drove the creation of Voice of Libyan Women and the Noor Campaign, the movement-building behind New Now and the Omnis Institute, and the conviction that the people closest to crisis are the architects of peace.

“Her talks blend lived experience with policy insight, turning complex global issues into human stories that resonate across audiences.

— TED

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What They Say

“She communicates with clarity and conviction, making complex global systems feel understandable and urgent.

— Don Gips

“Her delivery carries a confident, slightly rebellious energy that draws audiences in.

— Iqra

“Her talks leave a lasting impact, translating global policy and gender issues into clear, memorable ideas.

— Pat Mitchell

Podcast

At The Table

Conversations with the people reshaping power, justice, and leadership. Alaa has sat down with Malala Yousafzai, Layla Saad, Eddie Ndopu, Najwa Zebian, Dr. Rana el Kaliouby, and others — exploring inclusive leadership, social justice, and what it actually takes to change systems from the inside.

Available for moderated conversations, fireside chats, and interview-format engagements.

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