Meet the Chair Team

Iman and Richie are co-chairing the UAE SOAS chapter

Iman Dawoud

Co-Chairperson - SOAS UAE Chapter

Richie Santosdiaz

Co-Chairperson - SOAS UAE Chapter

The SOAS Alumni UAE Chapter

Hellos from the co-chairs

Wow! From its humble beginnings we cannot believe how fast the group has grown organically. From the Whatsapp group to the Linkedin group (which both each have over 100 members) to even having this website from just in 2023 - and importanty all the events we have organized and met amazing people.

We hope - both new faces and also not so new faces - can connect with old contacts but importantly get to meet awesome and amazing like-minded people. Think of it as the JCR but with nicer weather! Hope to see you at our next event!

-Richie and Iman

Pictured are the SOAS UAE committee alongside SOAS president Adam Habib in Dubai in March 2023

Meet the SOAS UAE Alumni Committee

The committee are made up of volunteers who support the co-chairs Iman and Richie in running the UAE alumni chapter

They, like most of the SOAS UAE alumni, mostly reside in Dubai with also a sizeable number in Abu Dhabi

Amy Lobl

Lead Organizer in Abu Dhabi

Committee Member

Degree at SOAS

BA Studies of Religion, 2013

Day job

Director - Education

What do you look forward to with the chapter?

"Meeting people, connections, building network, growing SOAS community"

Huzaifa Adamali

Committee Member

Degree at SOAS

LLB, with Arabic, 2013

Day job

In-house legal

What do you look forward to with the chapter?

"Sense of community, learning from and sharing with a diverse group of individuals doing varied roles across industries."

Iman Dawoud

Co-Chair Committee Member

Degree at SOAS

BA Arabic and Economics

Day job

Analyst

Mariam Iqbal

Committee Member

Degree at SOAS

BA Economics and Politics 2013

Day job

Director - PR/ Media relations Agency

What do you look forward to with the chapter?

"Spending time with like minded peoplei"

Nikhil Gangadharan

Committee Member

Degree at SOAS

LLM 2018

Day job

VP - Business Development and Legal

What do you look forward to with the chapter?

"To have that SOAS belonging in Dubai"

Richie Santosdiaz

Co-Chair Committee Member

Degree at SOAS

MA International Studies & Diplomacy (CISD)

Day job

Independent Economic Development Advisor

What do you look forward to with the chapter?

"Meeting new people as well as reconnecting with some of my former classmates from 2010-11. I cannot believe there are so many of us living in Dubai!"

Looking forward to seeing you at a future event!

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