Ali Hajizade
Ali Hajizade () is a Middle East analyst and the founder of "The Greater Middle East" project. Biography. Ali Hajizade was born on February 26, 1984, in Baku, Azerbaijan. He graduated from the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts with a degree in History of Art. Career. As a Middle East analyst, Hajizade contributed to and was cited in a number of Western, as well as Turkish, Israeli, Chinese and Russian media outlets and publications. Since 2012, Hajizade has headed the "Hajizade Group", which operates in the fields of public relations, education and media. In 2015, Ali Hajizade launched  The Greater Middle East project, dedicated to the research and analysis of the Greater Middle East region. A number of prominent experts contributed to the project. The main focus of Hajizade as a Middle East analyst are the study and analysis of tactics of hybrid wars, information wars and disinformation campaigns. In 2018–2019, Hajizade was a columnist for Al Arabiya English.