Kariem El-Ali was born and grew up in Berlin. Since beginning of 2019 Kariem holds the position as Senior Policy Advisor and Integrated Expert at Jakarta Provincial Government, which is supported by German Development Cooperation through the program “Experts for municipal partnerships worldwide”. For the duration of his assignment in Indonesia he has been released from his tasks at the Berlin Senate. He has already spent long periods living and working in Egypt, Jordan, Poland and Saudi Arabia.