Wajdi Ali Sindi has been the director of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) communications and media department, and editor in chief of the OIC Journal, since December 2020.
He has considerable experience in international diplomacy, coupled with a key, leading position in the region’s media sector. He joined the OIC Secretariat in 2010 and oversaw coverage of numerous Islamic summits and conferences, the Council of Foreign Ministers, and ministerial conferences in various sectors. He also prepared the OIC media strategy that will continue until 2025, and created a number of initiatives.
Sindi believes that the work of media departments is instrumental and fundamental to building and shaping global public perceptions of international organizations that operate in a number of countries and languages across continents.
At the OIC, the role of the media department is particularly important in light of its work to achieve important objectives, such as efforts to counter extremist ideology and Islamophobia in the media.
Before joining the OIC, Sindi held leading roles with a number of local and international newspapers, including the position of acting editor in chief of Okaz in 2007. From 1992 to 2001 he worked at Al-Eqtisadiah, a newspaper he co-founded, and held the position of acting editor in chief several times.
In 2003 he was the managing editor of Al-Madina daily, and served as the regional director of Western region-based Al-Watan newspaper in 2006 and 2007. He has also founded several weekly and monthly journals.
Sindi graduated from King Abdul Aziz University with a bachelor’s degree in 1990 and subsequently completed a number of local and international professional courses.
