Salam M. Islam is a civic activist with experience in civil society program management and training, he has a good understanding of the evolution and development of societies in post-conflict environments.

He is now advisor for the President of Kurdistan Region – Iraq. He previously served as an adviser for the Deputy Prime Minister of Kurdistan Regional Government on Civil Society and Youth issues. He is also a Governing Board member in University of Kurdistan Hawler since 2019. And a member in the Education Reform Task Force established by the President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and the Prime Minister since 2021.

Salam has done and still doing consultancy work with international and local NGOs, government institutions and companies and conduct trainings and facilitate events inside and outside Iraq since 2004.

Salam won the Sheikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa Award in 2024 for Volunteer Work Leadership in the Middle East and North Africa.

Salam is also an author. He has written five books (Youth Problems); (Modernity, its Origin and Associations); (What is Terrorism); (Ten Pulses, Dialogue between Babel and Erbil) it is on coexistence; (How to design and deliver training with impact, co – author); (A training manual on “leadership and management” for NGOs); (A main reviewer of training manual on “Citizenship and coexistence” for Iraqi youth).

In addition, he has more than 700 articles in local Iraqi and international newspapers and magazines about developing democracy, civil society and developing leadership skills. He also served as a lecturer at multiple universities in Iraq and had his own TV and radio shows.
For the period 2015-2024 Salam served as the Chief Executive Director for Rwanga Foundation.

He is known as AbdulSalam Medeni, the pseudonym that he used as a writer, trainer and lecturer.