Atlantic Council’s Middle East Programs deepens expertise with addition of nonresident fellows Press Release New fellows will contribute to the Atlantic Council’s leading work on security, human rights, and economic development in the Middle East Washington, DC—February 8, 2021—The Atlantic Council’s Middle East Programs announced today the addition of four nonresident fellows: Abdulrahman al-Masri, a Middle East analyst with expertise in security, civil-military relations, authoritarianism, ethnic conflict, and foreign and defense policy. David Daoud, a research analyst on Hezbollah and Lebanon. Daoud previously worked as a staff member on Capitol Hill advising on matters related to the Middle East, Israel, Lebanon, and Hezbollah.