Ryan Saadeh is a graduate of Brown University, where he studied Middle East studies and political science. In college, Ryan founded and served as the Executive Editor of the Brown Undergraduate Journal of Middle East Studies, was awarded a Middle East Studies Undergraduate Fellowship, and was the co-president of the Brown-RISD Arab Society. He has interned with the Middle East Institute, the International Rescue Committee, and the Issam Fares Institute in Beirut, Lebanon. As a Marshall Scholar, Ryan will pursue a MSc in Violence, Conflict and Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).