Who We Are

Dr. Haytham Albizem

Founder and President

Maissa Kabbani

VP and Acting Manager

Adelle Nazarian

Chief Executive Officer

Ibrahim Aljabin

Senior Political & Media Advisor

Mathew Zweig

Senior Political Advisor

Dr. Osama kadi

Chief Executive Officer

Dr. David Adesnik

Senior Political Advisor

Dr. Haytham Albizem

Dr. Haytham Albizem is a board certified cardiologist in five specialties and once named one of “America’s Top Cardiologists” by the Consumer Research Council. With over 15 years of experience in clinical and interventional cardiology, his practice focuses on optimizing circulatory health for his patients. He has also published numerous works in medical journals and served as a presenter in national peer meetings. Dr. Albizem’s board certifications include cardiology, interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, nuclear cardiology and internal medicine. He is an esteemed fellow in the American College of Cardiology, American College of Physicians and a member of the American Society of Echocardiography and the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. In addition to this, Dr. Albizem is a humanitarian philanthropist who devotes his time and resources to improving the lives of countless people throughout the world. Dr. Albizem founded Global Justice to unify the Syrian American diaspora, and other diaspora communities in the United States and globally in their shared objectives to bring justice to those who need it most.

MAISSA KABBANI
Maissa Kabbani is the Founder and President of Civilization Foundation and the Co-Founder and Vice President of Global Justice. She was awarded the 2017 Dubai Pioneer’s Award for her humanitarian work, which continues to be a driving force in her daily life. Maissa has carried out humanitarian efforts working with Syrian Refugees in Lebanon and has been recognized for successfully connecting Syrian American organizations to Syrians and groups on the ground In liberated areas of Syria and has organized many visits to these liberated areas. Maissa has a Master’s of Business Administration in Healthcare. She received the Northern New Jersey Consortium Award for Medical Laboratory Technology Education and has been published in the American Journal for Clinical Pathology for her efforts in laboratory efficiency and management.
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Adelle Nazarian

Adelle Nazarian began her career as a successful international print, online and broadcast journalist, and as an on-air analyst and contributor with major media networks and outlets focusing on human rights, national security, foreign policy, religious freedom, politics and technology. She has been invited to speak globally on human rights, national security issues and geopolitics, and has consistently focused on finding solutions that eliminate the predisposition of countries to rely on conflict as a means by which to acquire wealth. She has served as a communications director and legislative director for several NGOs focused on Syrian, Iranian, and Indian human rights issues and seeking justice for those in need of it globally. Adelle also serves as chief executive officer of the American Blockchain PAC wherein she advocates for the importance of crypto and blockchain as mechanisms to revolutionize the future of economies, governance and culture and its ability to uplift the most vulnerable members of society. Adelle previously led a successful career in communications and business development, having served as business development lead for an educational startup, and served as executive director of an international organization focused on building bridges of understanding between the East and West. She is a fellow at the Gold Institute for International Strategy in Washington, DC and continues to hold a deep philanthropic commitment to helping the most vulnerable members of Society at Large.

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Ibrahim Aljabin

Ibrahim Al Jabin is a Syrian Journalist, researcher, novelist, poet and TV presenter, based out of Germany. He currently resides in Germany and is a member of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the German Federation of Journalists (DJV). He currently serves as the editor-in-chief of the Nida Post (based in Istanbul) since 2021 and as a senior editor of Al Arab newspaper (based in London) since 2013. He previously served as editor-in-chief of the “Damascus” think tank in London and was founder and editor-in-chief of “Spot Light,” “Al-Mubki,” “Al-Ittijah Al-Khar,” and “Al Domary” newspapers based in Damascus. Ibrahim has published several research papers, novels and poetic works, Among them are “Diary of a from Damascene Jew” and “Orientis Oculus”. He has also produced several documentaries and films which have appeared in Al Jazeera and Alaraby TV, among other networks.

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Mathew Zweig

Matthew Zweig is a Senior Fellow at FDD. From July 2019 to December 2020, Matt served as the Senior Sanctions Advisor in the Office of the Special Representative for Syria Engagement. He worked with bureaus across the State Department, interagency partners, multinational counterparts, and others to help implement the anti-Assad economic pressure elements of the administration’s Syria strategy. From 2001 to 2018, Matt served on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, including for more than 10 years as Senior Professional Staff , where he was responsible for sanctions and illicit finance policy. Matt managed the successful negotiation of multiple pieces of legislation including the North Korea Policy and Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2016 (including 2017 revisions); the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015 (including 2018 revisions); the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019, and the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012. He also managed negotiations regarding hundreds of foreign policy provisions within successive National Defense Authorization Act reauthorizations. Matt holds a BA in History from the College of Charleston, an MA from the University of London King’s College, and an Executive MBA from George Mason University.

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Dr. Osama kadi

Osama Kadi is an economic & administrative advisor. He lectured microeconomic, macroeconomic, and business at University of Michigan UFM, Baker College, and Davenport University in Michigan State, and was the director of the MBA program, and professor in the Faculty of Strategic Management, Marketing, and Administrative Change at IEU in the UAE. He holds a Bachelor’s degree and Pre-Master Diploma in Economics and Planning from Aleppo University, and Diploma in Supply Chain from Canada and Master and Ph.D. degrees in Economics, and MBA from USA. He was chosen by Atlantic Council in Washington DC, as a core team of “Rebuilding Syria: Reconstruction and Legitimacy program. He was the president of Concordia College for Medical, Administrative and Technological Sciences in Canada, and the CEO and consultant in many organizations. He is the president and founder of Syrian Economic Task Force SETF that published more than 30 Economic Reports about Syria. He always appears on media to analyze international and Syrian economic subjects. He has many books, the last of which are two books published in 2022, “The Economic Root of the Syrian Revolution” and the “Syrian Economic Misery: The Reality of the Syrian Economy 2021-2022”

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Dr. David Adesnik
Dr. David Adesnik
is a senior fellow and the director of research at FDD, where he is responsible for the oversight of FDD publications and the supervision of FDD’s team of research analysts. His own research focuses on Syria and Iran, especially their illicit oil trade and Iran’s use of proxy forces to project influence across the region. Previously, David served as policy director at the Foreign Policy Initiative and was a visiting fellow at the Marilyn Ware Center for Security Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. For two years, he served as deputy director for Joint Data Support at the U.S. Department of Defense, where he focused on the modeling and simulation of irregular warfare and counterinsurgency. He also spent several years as a research staff member at the Institute for Defense Analyses. In that capacity, he spent four months in Baghdad as an operations research and systems analyst for Multinational Corps – Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. David has been the recipient of fellowships from the Council on Foreign Relations, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Harvard University, and the University of Virginia. His work has been published in Foreign PolicyThe Weekly StandardThe National ReviewThe Washington Free BeaconThe Washington QuarterlyForbes, and Fox News. He has served as a commentator on several cable television networks and radio programs. David holds a PhD and an MA in International Relations from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. His dissertation focused on the Reagan administration’s approach to democracy promotion. He received his BA in History from Yale University, from which he graduated summa cum laude.
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