Khaled is a human rights lawyer from Egypt with extensive experience in global governance, international criminal justice, and peace building. He is the founder and Executive Director of the Arab Leadership Institute, a transformative hub designed to empower the next generation of leaders across the Arab world. He currently serves as a visiting Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at HKS. He also has served as a Teaching Fellow for the courses “The Politics of War and Peace in the Middle East” and “Justice by Means of Democracy” in the Government Department, as well as a Course Coach for the Kennedy School’s flagship class “Exercising Leadership: The Politics of Change.”
Earlier in his career, Khaled became the first Arab to serve as Co-Chair of the United Nations Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development (UN IANYD), where he led global youth engagement in international policy-making platforms.
His work is grounded in the principle of Making Justice Work by building democratic, accountable institutions that improve people’s lives and protect human dignity and political rights.
Khaled holds a Master’s degree in International Law from Cairo University and a Master’s in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.