Zizette Darkazally

Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme

Zizette Darkazally

Biography

Zizette is an associate fellow with Chatham House MENA Programme and a consultant for the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. She has previously worked for the United Nations and other international organizations covering political, electoral, communications and humanitarian portfolios in the occupied Palestinian territory, Egypt, Lebanon, Tunisia and Libya. Her work included supporting national authorities to implement transparent elections and facilitation of national political dialogue processes. She is a lawyer by background and has served as a legal adviser to the PLO’s negotiations support unit.

She has an MA in Public Administration (Distinction) from Birmingham University and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Past experience

Oct 2023 - nowConsultant, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
2017-22Political and electoral adviser, United Nations Support Missions in Libya (UNSMIL)
2013-16Spokesperson, Chief Communications and Public Information Officer, UNRWA
2011-12Senior program manager, The Carter Center, Egypt
2007-08Legal adviser, Palestinian Negotiations Support Unit, Ramallah