Hometown: West Hempstead, NY

Research interests: U.S. foreign policy in MENA, regional diplomacy, human rights and refugee law, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Arab-Israel relations

Avraham graduated with Distinction from Cornell University, where he majored in Government with a double minor in Near Eastern Studies and History. He previously studied Middle East politics and history at the London School of Economics, Tel Aviv University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Avraham has addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland and interned at foreign policy think tanks worldwide.

Before Georgetown, Avraham was studying Arabic in Amman, Jordan. He is pursuing a dual M.A.A.S./J.D. degree at Georgetown School of Foreign Service and Georgetown Law, respectively. He was selected by the Law Center as a Global Law Scholar and intends to serve as a Human Rights Associate at the Georgetown Human Rights Institute. Avraham is also completing a Graduate Certificate in Refugees, Migration and Humanitarian Emergencies at the Georgetown Institute for the Study of International Migration. In addition, he serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Georgetown Middle East and North Africa Forum, Editor-at-Large of the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, and as an Editorial Associate of the Georgetown Migration and Refugee Policy Initiative.