From the Mediterranean to Geneva, Oxford to Crans Montana — the milestones that have shaped five decades of scholarship, advocacy, and institutional leadership.
1975 · Origin
Born in Tangier
The edge of the western Mediterranean, where Europe and Africa have met and traded since antiquity. A geography that would later shape part of his work.
2009s · Education
Bachelor's in World Trade & Logistics, Master's degree in Marketing, PhD in Management Science in Belgium
Jalal's rich and diverse education, in addition to many certifications in project management (PMP, PrinceII, ITIL) and Harvard Certifications in Outsmarting Implicit Bias, and Strategy Execution For Public Leadership Program, made his analysis accurate and visionary.
2005s – 2025s
Early Career Across Europe & North America
Formative roles in senior managerial positions, Risk management, and strategic PMO across the private sector (Alienware, Microsoft, TrendMicro, OpenText, Eli Lilly, British Council, Reed Elsevier, Nali Productions), semi-public organisations, and NGOs, building the regional fluency and institutional access that would underpin his later scholarship.
2011s · Institutional Service
Secretary General, National Coordination Of Youth Mouvements
Leading a regional institution dedicated to conflict prevention, cross-border cooperation, and Mediterranean dialogue.
2012s · Institutional Service
President, Centre of Peace & Development in the Mediterranean
Leading a regional institution dedicated to conflict prevention, cross-border cooperation, and Mediterranean dialogue.
Ongoing · Scholarly Affiliations
Oxford Research Group · Geneva Convention · Anna Lindh Foundation
Member of the Oxford Research Group on Terrorism, the Geneva Convention on Armed Violence and the Protection of Civilians, and the Anna Lindh Foundation — three of the most respected bodies in international conflict and cooperation research.
2013 · Recognition
Leader of Tomorrow — Crans Montana Forum
Awarded by the Crans Montana Forum, a distinction reserved for emerging figures of institutional consequence on the global stage.
2015 · First Book
International Relations in the Global Era
Publication of the first book — a 302-page reframing of public diplomacy for the twenty-first century (ISBN 978-2960162905).
2019 · Public Debut of the Framework
"Introducing Convergent Diplomacy" — Atalayar
The framework of Convergent Diplomacy® enters the global diplomatic debate through the pages of Atalayar, one of the leading Spanish-language publications on Mediterranean and North African affairs.
2022 · Conflict Resolution
Mediation & Media Campaigns
Extensive mediation, counselling and media campaigns in many conflicts around the world, ruled by confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, head of delegation in two major editions of World Social Forums.
2023 · Foundation
Abraham Peace Gate Initiative
Founder and lead architect of a conflict-resolution platform drawing on Abrahamic traditions to reopen dialogue across the Mediterranean's most persistent fault lines.
2025 · Digital Rights
The Algorithmic Other
A major contribution to the global conversation about online hate, platform responsibility, and the architecture of digital dehumanisation.
2026 · Landmark Study
The Salt Road Revival
Publication of a comparative study that places North Africa's contemporary infrastructure strategy in dialogue with China's Belt and Road and, further back, with the Saharan empires of the sixteenth century.
2026 · Foundational Text
Convergent Diplomacy® — The Book
Publication of the foundational volume codifying the Convergent Diplomacy® framework as a holistic institutional strategy for the multipolar age; the development of this unique framework started in 2015 to become the reference and must-have by diplomats and scholars.
