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Prior to founding Institute for International Peace Building (IIPB), Noor Huda Ismail was a journalist for The Washington Post. His interest in violent extremism issue starts in 2002 when his former roommate in Ngruki, become one of the perpetrator of first Bali Bombing. Since then he focuses his works in reintegration and rehabilitation of former terrorist inmates by social entrepreneurship. He currently lives in Melbourne, Australia, pursuing his PhD in International Relations and Politics at Monash University.