West Asia North African Regional Chapter

At a council meeting in Toronto, Canada on February 10, 2018 WAPOR approved the regional chapter in West Asia and North Africa (WANA). The official launch of the WAPOR WANA chapter took place at the Marrakesh Conference in June of 2018. 

The constitution of the WAPOR WANA chapter has been updated in December 2023. Click HERE for that document.

WANA 2023 elections took place on December 10-17, 2023. According to the results, Munqith Dagher was elected as the WANA President; Fares Braizat – as the WANA Vice-President and President-Elect; and Firas Al Kayal as the WANA Secretary-Treasurer. We thank the 69% of the chapter membership who voted. The two-year term of the newly elected WANA chapter leadership begins on 1 January 2024.

The 2024 WAPOR WANA Executive Committee includes the following colleagues:

• President: Munqith Dagher, IIACSS (Iraq) (munqith_daghir@iiacss.org)
• Vice President/President-Elect: Fares Braizat, NAMA Strategic Intelligence Solutions (Jordan)
• Past President: Samir Abu-Rumman, World of Opinions (Kuwait) (samir@worldofopinions.org)
• Secretary-Treasurer: Firas Al Kayal, Syrian & Levant market Compass (Syria)

Membership in the WANA chapter is open to all colleagues working in the region or beyond it. WAPOR WANA chapter membership can be acquired via the WAPOR Membership Portal (https://members.wapor.org/) by choosing “Become a Chapter Member”=>“WAPOR West Asia and North Africa” or “Become a WAPOR+Chapter Member”=>“WAPOR West Asia and North Africa”.