Iraq Speakers Bureau

Noah Baker Merrill

Noah Baker Merrill has spent four of the last seven months living and working among Iraqi refugees in Jordan and Syria - conducting in-depth interviews, working to secure release for detainees, advocating for improvements of aid to Iraqi families, and consulting with Iraqi and other governmental and non-governmental organizations, including the UNHCR missions in Jordan, Syria, and Iraq. He now coordinates the Direct Aid Initiative (DAI), a project of the Electronic Iraq news and analysis web site providing crucial medical care to displaced Iraqis in the Middle East. He is a regular contributor to the Electronic Iraq web site at www.electroniciraq.net.

Noah is a former member of AFSC's Middle East Task Force, and holds degrees in Anthropology and Cross-Cultural Conflict Transformation. He has worked, studied, and reported on conflicts and peacebuilding efforts in Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. Noah is a lifelong member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).