Samer Libdeh, or Abu Libdeh, (born 1974), is a British London-based communications strategist, researcher and policy analyst. In February 2013, he was selected to be part of the Carter Center mission to monitor Egyptian parliamentary elections. In 2013 he worked at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, before moving on to Albany Associates as consultant. He covered issues related to democracy in the Middle East, the Arab-Israeli peace process and US foreign policy. His articles and papers have appeared in many publications, including The Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, the Jerusalem Post, Times of Israel, Jordan Times and Daily Star. Early life Libdeh received his MA from Bradford University, his diploma from University of Castilla–La Mancha, and his BA from Jordan University. He also holds a Policy Analysis certificate from State University of New York. In 2005, he was awarded the prestigious Fulbright scholarship from the US State Department, and the American Political Science Association (APSA) Congressional Fellowship, where he served as a visiting fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Legislative Fellow with US Congressman Joseph Crowley (D-NY). He then became a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Center for Liberty in the Middle East. Name and ancestry Libdeh is a Palestinian-Jordanian family from northern European - Nordic-Germanic descent. In Arabic, 'Abu Libdeh' means the "Father of Mane", and in colloquial Egyptian it means the "Father of Kippah". One DNA study by University College London found that "part, or perhaps the majority" of Palestinians descend from "local inhabitants, mainly of Christians and Jews descent, who converted after the Islamic conquest. A personal study for Libdeh conducted by Genebase in Canada confirmed the family's genetic connection to German or French Evangelicals emigrated to Palestine during the 19th century. The study illustrated genealogical connections to families of Hurst, Thall, Schmidt, Tarr, Palmer, Milne and Clan Montgomery. Further, the family is traced back to the Davidic line and carries the Y-chromosomal Aaron. According to professor Hugh Montgomery's "The God-Kings of Europe: The Descendents of Jesus Traced Through the Odonic and Davidic Dynasties", members of the family line have also intermarried with the Carolingnian dynasty under King Charlemagne during the Middle Ages. Furthermore, according to the same study, his mother is descended from the Danish House of Estridsen. Second track peace process He began his career in 1998 as a reporter for Alaswaq Business Daily in Jordan.