| Shaha Riza is the acting manager for External
Relations and Outreach for the Middle East and
North Africa Region at the World Bank. Formerly
Gender and Civil Society Coordinator, Middle East
and North Africa Regional Office, The World Bank,
Washington, DC 20433
Shaha Ali Riza is a
senior World Bank official who was born in Tunis,
grew up in Saudi Arabia and holds an
international relations masters degree from St
Anthony’s College, Oxford. Close
acquaintances of the couple have told The
Daily Telegraph that she is romantically
linked with Wolfowitz, 61, a fellow divorcee with
whom she has been friends for several years.
Shaha Riza, Senior Gender
Specialist, World Bank, has specialized in
Middle East Studies and has carried out field
research in a number of Arab countries.
Immediately before joining the World Bank she
worked at the US National Endowment for Democracy
where she set up and led the Endowment’s
Middle East Programs. Since joining the World
Bank in 1997, she has worked with the Middle East
and North Africa Social and Economic Development
Group as the Senior Gender and Civil Society
coordinator in the office of the MENA Chief
Economist. As of July 2002, she has acted as the
Manager for External Affairs and Outreach for the
World Bank’s MENA region. http://www.house.gov/lantos/caucus/brief_
IraqReconstructionWomen061203.htm
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Public Domain Photo - www.worldbank.org
A small aside about this picture. I wonder why
the World Bank chose this picture since it does
not do her justice.
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