Dr. Omar Rifai is currently Head of the Board of Directors of the WANA Institute. Prior to this, he was Director of the Arab Affairs Division and Representative of the Commissioner-General at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). A career diplomat, he served as Ambassador of Jordan to Egypt and Permanent Representative to the Arab League in Cairo; Ambassador to Italy and Permanent Representative of Jordan to the UN Agencies in Rome; Ambassador (non-resident) to Bosnia-Herzegovina, San Marino, Croatia; and Ambassador to Israel. He holds a Ph.D. in International Relations, a Master of Arts in History, and a Bachelor’s in Government. Dr.Rifai is a graduate of Harvard and Georgetown Universities.