The talk your audience will still be laughing, talking, thinking, or arguing about at dinner.
Three ways to work with Alaa.
Keynote & Moderated Conversation
A keynote, fireside chat, or moderated conversation for corporate events, international conferences, university lectures, galas, and private gatherings worldwide.
Book via CAA Speakers →Strategic Advisory
Strategic counsel for organizations navigating the intersection of peace building, financing, health, security, faith, and development. Alaa advises governments, foundations, multilaterals, and private-sector leaders on financing architecture, coalition design, movement building, systems-level strategy, and institutional transformation.
Inquire directly →Partnership & Collaboration
Co-design initiatives, campaigns, or financing vehicles at the intersection of faith-aligned capital, women's health, or peacebuilding.
Start a conversation →Stages where Alaa has spoken.
What she speaks about.
Drawing on two decades of building coalitions in war zones, boardrooms, faith institutions, asset management, innovation, and the UN Security Council, Alaa brings a clarity and conviction that reframes how audiences understand peace, health, faith, and power.
The Permission Gap
What fifteen years of women, peace and security work teach about who gets into the room — and how leaders close the gap inside their own institutions.
Shift Notes: What the Room Leaves Out
Drawn from her Shift Notes writing — a candid session on capital, power, what is coming, and how we stay human inside it. Best as a fireside or moderated conversation.
Who Gets the Future?
On building financial and AI infrastructure countries can govern themselves — and why the next decade of technology is a question of power, not tools.
Leading Without Borders
What leading global teams across the UN, the Gates Foundation, and frontier-market venture teaches about trust, speed, and keeping people human — for executives building organizations that cross borders, sectors, and time zones.
Women, Peace & Power
From the Libyan revolution to the UN Security Council: what changes when women lead — for peace processes, boardrooms, and everything in between.
Security Begins with Survival
A reframe of security for leaders in policy, finance, and business — from the war room to the delivery room, and what it means for how nations and companies plan.
Sacred Capital
How faith-aligned wealth — zakat, waqf, sadaqah — can finance survival at scale, and how Every Pregnancy (formerly For Mama) turned that thesis into $130M+ for mothers and newborns.
Moral Velocity
Lessons from leading a $1B+ portfolio at the Gates Foundation on redesigning decision-making so the people in crisis aren't last in line.
“Her talks blend lived experience with policy insight, turning complex global issues into human stories that resonate across audiences.”
“The Libyan Doogie Howser.”
One of “4 moving TED Talks you should watch right now.”
“One of the leading global health and inclusive security experts of her generation.”
Conversations with the people reshaping power, justice, and leadership.
Alaa has sat down with Malala Yousafzai, Layla Saad, Eddie Ndopu, Najwa Zebian, Dr. Rana el Kaliouby, and others — exploring inclusive leadership, social justice, and what it actually takes to change systems from the inside.
Available for moderated conversations, fireside chats, and interview-format engagements.
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For media and speaking requests: Alaa is represented by Creative Artists Agency. Contact office@alaamurabit.com or Christine Lancman at CAA.
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