Mahran Al-Tawil holds a Master of Arts in Democracy and Human Rights, and a BA in Public Administration from the Faculty of Law and Public Administration at Birzeit University. He has previously worked with different organizations including the Applied Research Institute – Jerusalem (ARIJ), the Central Elections Committee and the East Jerusalem YMCA – Rehabilitation Program, during which he took part in published research in topics such as media and disability, the right to work, and access to information. Mahran has also previously managed the Economic Empowerment Program for Persons with Disabilities at BASR. He has worked in the disability and rehabilitation sector in Palestine for the past 14 years, and has an extensive experience in this field working with different national and international stakeholders. Since 2020, Mahran has served as the Director of the Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) Program, strategically planning the program’s interventions in the fields of outreach rehabilitation, education, mental health, economic empowerment, social protection, and advocacy for persons with disabilities, including the support of establishing community centers that offer special education interventions for children with intellectual disabilities.