Staff

Abdulhadi Al-Karfawi

Abdulhadi Al-Karfawi

Abdulhadi (Hadi) Al-Karfawi works as an Employment case manager on HIAS Pennsylvania’s employment program team, which focuses on providing the direct employment support services and career development plans for new immigrants.

Hadi was born and raised in Iraq, and moved with his wife and two children to the United States and to Philadelphia in 2017. Hadi worked for the Penn Museum for 5 years as a tour guide before starting with HIAS PA. In his home country of Iraq, Hadi worked for the International Organization for Immigration (IOM) in the field of human trafficking, and for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in communications after working for the United States military for 6 years as an interpreter.