Bilal Wahab is a doctoral student at George Mason University's School of Public Policy, and affiliated with the school's Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC). A native of Iraqi Kurdistan, he is interested in political, social and economic development in oil-rich Iraq. He worked for the United Nations, USAID and the World Bank and taught at local universities in Iraqi Kurdistan. He loves spending time with his wife and daughter, and loves photography.