Hassan Damluji (Arabic: حسن الدملوجي) is a British-Iraqi development expert and author. He is the co-founder of the think-tank Global Nation, which focuses on improving international cooperation to tackle issues like climate change and pandemics. He is a senior fellow at the

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, senior adviser to the

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and formerly Deputy Director at the

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. He is the author of the Responsible Globalist, published by

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in 2019, and described by

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as "Thought provoking and well-written... a good read for people who care about solving global problems.".

Biography

Damluji was born in London as Hassan Al-Damluji. He later changed his name by removing the epithet "Al". His father moved to the UK from Baghdad in 1970 and his mother is originally Irish. He is the nephew of Iraqi politician and women's rights campaigner

Maysoon Al-Damluji Maysoon Salem Al-Damluji (Arabic: ميسون سالم الدملوجي); born 1962) first name also spelt Maysun, is a liberal Iraqi politician and women's rights campaigner. She was Iraq's deputy minister of culture from June 2004 until March 200 ...

. He is married to fashion entrepreneur Anna Jewsbury. Damluji is a board member of the Lives & Livelihoods Fund, a $2.5 billion fund which is the "largest ever Middle-East based, fully-multilateral development initiaitve", according to

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Published works

His book ''The Responsible Globalist: What Citizens of the World Can Learn from Nationalism'' was published in 2019. Praise for the book includes from actor

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: "Visionary. . . A must-read for anyone who wants solutions to our most important problems"; screenwriter

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"Thought provoking and well-written... a good read for people who care about solving global problems. Damluji puts forth ideas that can help make global systems more successful."

List of Publications

Books

* The Responsible Globalist (London: Allen Lane, 2019)'',''

Articles

* "Global cooperation is under threat - here's how to revive it",
City AM
' (September 2019) * "A travel ban won't prevent extremism, it will make it worse",
The Guardian
' (January 2017) * "Applying business sense to philanthropy in the Gulf",
The National
' (November 2015) * "Teaching the British reduces the killing",
The New Statesman
' (March 2008)

Awards

He has been named every year since 2015 as one of the 100 most influential Arabs under 40, by

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References

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