Jamila Raqib serves as the Executive Director of the Albert Einstein Institution and as a Research Affiliate of the Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She worked with the late Dr. Gene Sharp, the world’s foremost scholar on strategic nonviolent action. At the Albert Einstein Institution, she focuses on the promotion and distribution of writings and translations, the technique of nonviolent struggle, and its potential in acute conflicts worldwide. Her work involved consulting with translators to develop terminology for accurate dissemination of understanding about strategic nonviolent struggle in numerous languages. 

Since 2005, she has served as the Institution’s Executive Director, responding to inquiries from individuals and groups around the world, facilitating access to material through online and print dissemination, providing editorial assistance to Dr. Sharp, coordinating numerous publication agreements with international publishers, and speaking with members of the domestic and international media about the importance of tools and resources on nonviolent struggle for social and political movements. More recently, she has represented the Institution at a number of domestic and international events on a host of issues related to its programs, research and policy studies, educational initiatives, and fundraising.