Rate My Professor Aboubakr Jamaï

Aboubakr Jamaï serves as Dean and Professor in the Donna Dillon Manning School of Global Affairs at the Institute for American Universities (IAU), a role he assumed in 2024. From 2014 to 2023, he was Dean of the School of Business and International Relations. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Higher Institute of Commerce and Management in Casablanca, Morocco, a Master of Business Administration from Oxford University’s Saïd Business School, and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University’s Kennedy School. Jamaï began his career in finance by co-founding Morocco's first independent investment bank in 1993. Between 1997 and 2007, he was publisher and editor of Le Journal Hebdomadaire, the country's leading independent newsweekly. In 2008, he served as Visiting Scholar at the University of San Diego, where he taught courses on international journalism, political Islam, and Middle East politics. Additional roles include MENA regional editor for the Open Society Foundation’s Mapping Digital Media project, consultant for International Media Support in Iraq advising on media business strategies, and co-editor of the Moroccan news website lakome.com from 2010 to 2013.

As a professor, Jamaï teaches Media & Conflict, Contemporary Politics of the Middle East, and International Business. He publishes regularly in The New York Times, Time Magazine, El Pais, Le Monde, and Le Monde Diplomatique. His distinguished career has earned him several awards, including the Committee to Protect Journalists’ International Press Freedom Award in 2003, Harvard University’s Nieman Fellowship in 2007 and Mason Fellowship in 2008, the Tully Center Free Speech Prize from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Communications in 2008, the Gebran Tueni Award from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers in 2010, the Project on Middle East Democracy Leaders for Democracy Award in 2014, and the Richard von Weizsäcker Fellowship at the Bosch Foundation in 2013. Fluent in Arabic, French, English, and Spanish, Jamaï contributes significantly to academic discourse on global affairs, media, and international relations through his teaching and publications.