Achref Chibani
Achref Chibani is an environmental journalist who focuses on climate change, environment protection and natural resource conservation.
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Alessandro Bruno
Alessandro Bruno (@TheAlessandrist) is an analyst at Gulf State Analytics (@GulfStateAnalyt), a Washington, DC-based geopolitical risk consultancy. He is a frequent guest on BBC, CBC, and CTV. He holds an MA in International Relations from the University of Toronto. Bruno has worked abroad as a United Nations officer in Libya. @TheAlessandrist
4 Posts
Ali Bakeer
Dr. Ali Bakeer (@AliBakeer) is a political analyst with a Ph.D. in political science/IR. He writes regularly in several Arabic, Turkish and English platforms, most recently in ones such as Al-monitor, Al-Jazeera English, Carnegie MEC, MEI, TRT World, The New Turkey, Daily Sabah, and others. Dr. Bakeer is mostly interested in geopolitical and security trends in the Middle East with a particular focus on Turkey, Iran, and GCC.
7 Posts
Calvin Dark
Calvin Dark, a former Fulbright Scholar to Morocco, is president of CD Global Strategies Group in Washington, DC, and a regular TV commentator on US and international affairs.
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Daniel Wagner
Daniel Wagner is the CEO of Country Risk Solutions and an advisor at Gulf State Analytics.
3 Posts
Diana Partridge
Diana is a Ph.D. Candidate in Government and Politics at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she researches social movements in the Middle East and North Africa. She has extensive experience in the region, having lived in Morocco, the West Bank, and Syria. Diana earned an MA in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; an MA in International Affairs from Sciences Po Paris; and BAs in French and Political Science from the University of Arizona.
27 Posts
Giorgio Cafiero
Giorgio Cafiero (@GiorgioCafiero) is the CEO of Gulf State Analytics (@GulfStateAnalyt), a Washington, D.C.-based geopolitical risk consultancy.
57 Posts
Hajar Hamdaoui
Hajar Hamdaoui is a Moroccan journalist. She received her BA in Journalism and Communication from l’Institut Supérieur de l’Information et de la Communication (Journalism Institute in Rabat). She received her MA in Media and Cultural Studies from Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Qatar. She is currently a Ph.D. researcher in Mohammed V University of Rabat, in the field of Media and Communication.
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Hamza Bailla
Hamza Bailla is a Moroccan freelance journalist and researcher. He holds a master's degree in Communication in Contexts: Culture and Dialogue from the University of Moulay Ismail in Meknes, Morocco. He is interested in digital media, politics, migration, and interfaith dialogue. @Hamzabailla
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Helal Aljamra
A Yemeni journalist, graduated from Sana'a University, Media Faculty in 2008 and has worked in the Yemeni press since 2007. He worked as an editor for the Yemeni newspaper Al-Nida. In 2010 he was appointed Editor-in-Chief of the same newspaper. He co-founded the Yemeni Parliamentary Observatory and worked as a press editor for the Al Marsad website in 2009. He carried out numerous investigations and worked on the enforced disappearance cases during the Yemeni wars (Saada war 2009-2010), which provoked great reactions as well as press inquiries about Yemeni prisons and abuses. He was awarded the second best news article Award at the 12th session of a competition organized by the Center for Arab Women for Training and Research «Kawther», based in Tunisia in 2014. Participated in a number of specialized training courses in the field of journalism as well as the preparation and conducting of investigations. He holds a Master's Degree in Political Communication from the Higher Institute of Media and Communication in Rabat in 2018.
51 Posts
Hodna Gharsallah
Hodna Bentali Gharsallah Nuernberg holds an MA in Francophone World Studies and an MFA in Literary Translation, both from the University of Iowa. Her translations from the French and the Arabic have appeared in Anomaly, Asymptote, QLRS, Two Lines, and elsewhere. Hodna lives in Morocco, where she serves as an editor-at-large for Asymptote and works as a translator for film and TV.
15 Posts
Ilan Pappe
Dr. Ilan Pappé is a Professor of History and the Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies in the U.K.
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Ismail El Ouadi
Ismail El Ouadi is a journalist at Inside Arabia with a Master’s degree in Translation from the King Fahd School of Translation in Tangier, Morocco. As an interpreter and writer, he loves to discuss all things related to nature, culture, and society.
9 Posts
Jean AbiNader
Jean AbiNader is a long-time analyst of US-Middle East relations and development issues in the Arab world. His broad experience in intercultural communications throughout the MENA region gives him a unique perspective on social and political matters. He resides in Washington, DC. @jeanabinader
11 Posts
Julia Schwartz
Julia Schwartz is an English teacher in Rabat. After receiving her bachelor’s degree in French Literature from Grinnell College, where she also studied Arabic, she worked first with infants at a day-care and then as a preschool teacher. She moved to Morocco in 2017 in order to continue studying Arabic, focusing on Moroccan Darija as well as Modern Standard Arabic. She currently combines her passions for child development and language acquisition in her English-teaching job. Julia’s other areas of interest include poetry and literature, psychoanalysis, and sociolinguistics.
9 Posts
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
Dr. Kristian Coates Ulrichsen (@Dr_Ulrichsen) is a fellow at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and an advisor at Gulf State Analytics.
3 Posts
Marcus Chenevix
Marcus Chenevix is a consultant and lead analyst for the MENA region at TS Lombard, a global macroeconomic research firm based in London, New York, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong. He is currently studying for an MA in Arab studies at the Centre for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University, Washington DC. He lived in London and Cairo and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Middle Eastern studies from Cambridge University. His research focuses on economic development in the Arab World. Marcus speaks English, French, Arabic, and Turkish. Twitter: @Mchenevix
4 Posts
Martin Jay
Martin Jay is an award winning freelance journalist who has previously worked and lived in Kenya, Belgium and Morocco – reporting for CNN, Euronews, CNBC, BBC, DW, Reuters, Sunday Times and others. Currently he lives in Beirut where has reported for DW, AP, TRT, RT and the UK national Mail on Sunday. He can be followed on Twitter at @MartinRJay
29 Posts
Maysam Behravesh
Maysam Behravesh is a senior political analyst at Persis Media and a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at Lund University, Sweden. Follow him on Twitter @MaysamBehravesh.
15 Posts
Nada Fayad
Nada Fayad is a journalist and has worked with a number of news and media organizations. She has a B.A. in Mass Media Communication from George Mason University.
5 Posts
Omar Zanifi
Omar Zanifi is an Amazigh (Berber) writer, poet, artist, activist, and journalist. Known as a “knight of the pen,” he has written for local, national and international magazines, digital publications, and newspapers on subjects ranging from politics and travel to the arts. He has a Masters degree in English literature from Ibn Zohr University in Agadir, Morocco, and a Masters in journalism from the Lahaye University for Journalism in Den Haag, Netherlands. He is based in Paris. @Zanifi https://www.facebook.com/omarzanifi/
3 Posts
Omid Shokri Kalehsar
Omid Shokri Kalehsar is a Washington-based Senior Energy Security Analyst, and PhD Candidate in International Relations at Yalova University, Turkey. His research fields include Energy Diplomacy, U.S. Energy Policy, the Geopolitics of Energy, Iran-Turkey relations, and Iran-Russia relations. Follow him at @ushukrik
4 Posts
Oumaima Fassi Fihri
Oumaima Fassi Fihri is a journalist based in Morocco. She holds a BA in International Studies and specializes in International Relations and African and Asian Studies.
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Paola Garcia
Paola García is a writer, dancer, and translator based in New York City. Originally from Northern Mexico, and a New York City denizen for fifteen years, Paola has lived and traveled in several countries in the Middle East and North Africa over the past decade. She deeply loves the Arabic language, poetry, music, dances, cultures and, principally, peoples. Paola is a passionate student of Sufism and Islamic philosophy. She is a UNESCO-certified Sufi dance teacher and performs regularly in venues such as Alwan for the Arts, the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, MANA Contemporary, and the Outlet Dance Project. A graduate of Columbia Law School and former lawyer, she received an M.A. in Islamic Studies from Columbia University in the Fall of 2018. She enjoys horseback riding, yoga, and spending time in nature, especially in the Riviera Maya and the Sahara Desert.
16 Posts
Radha Stirling
Radha Stirling is the Founder and CEO of Detained in Dubai, a human rights advocacy group that promotes judicial and legal reform. She is also an expert witness and criminal & civil justice expert in the areas of extradition and Interpol removal. She handles crisis management, mediation, and reputation management for celebrity & high profile clients.
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Saltanat Berdikeeva
Saltanat Berdikeeva is a consultant and writer whose work on energy and security issues in Eurasia, the Middle East, and the U.S. has been published extensively. Her articles have been featured in Energy Digital, European Energy Review, National Geographic, Platts, Oil and Gas Journal, Insight Turkey, ISN, local newspapers, and other publications.
60 Posts
Sami Hamdi
Sami Hamdi is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Interest, an experienced foreign policy adviser, and seasoned consultant who has advised governments and global companies on the geopolitical dynamics in the Middle East. @SALHACHIMI
6 Posts
Sebastian Bouknight
Sebastian Bouknight is an American journalist and photographer based in North Africa. With a B.A. in Environmental Studies and a wide-ranging, multi-disciplinary background, he reports on the arts, migration, human rights, and environmental issues.
55 Posts
Selena Rincon
Selena Rincon studied Middle Eastern Studies and French Literature at Harvard University with focus on the North Africa region. She currently teaches English in Rabat, Morocco.
8 Posts
Shazia Marquis
Shazia Marquis holds an LLB in Law and an LLM majoring in Public International Law from Queen Mary University of London. Her interests include international relations, migration law and general politics. She is currently based in the United Arab Emirates.
6 Posts
Soukaina Rachidi
Soukaina Rachidi is a writer and analyst on the Middle East and North Africa. Soukaina was born in Morocco but spent most of her formative years in the United Arab Emirates. She also lived in Qatar, the USA, and Argentina. Soukaina is a graduate in International Relations from the University of Delaware.
53 Posts
Theodore Karasik
Dr. Theodore Karasik (@TKarasik) is a Senior Advisor at Gulf State Analytics (@GulfStateAnalyt). He is also a fellow at Jamestown Foundation and a non-resident senior fellow at the Lexington Institute. Dr. Karasik was an adjunct lecturer at the Dubai School of Government where he taught graduate level international relations. Karasik was a senior political scientist in the International Policy and Security Group at RAND Corporation. From 2002-2003, he served as director of research for the RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy. He is a specialist in geopolitics and geoeconomics for the MENA and Eurasia regions and frequently conducts studies and assessments of future trajectories. Dr. Karasik received his Ph.D in history from the University of California, Los Angeles in four fields: Russia, Middle East, Caucasus, and an outside field in cultural anthropology focusing on tribes and clans from Central Asia to East Africa.
8 Posts
Timothy Hucks
Timothy Hucks is an editor at Inside Arabia. He graduated Andrews University in Michigan in 2014 with a Bachelor's of Art in English Literature.
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Tom Pollitt
Tom Pollitt holds an Undergraduate MA in Philosophy from The University of St Andrews and Aarhus Universitet, a Graduate Diploma in Law from BPP University and is currently studying towards and LLM in International Law at SOAS, University of London. Tom lived in Morocco for a year and a half between 2014 and 2015 where he worked for the U.S.G affiliated language institute, AmidEast, and worked as a director for fair-trade business Yamas, of which he is a cofounder.
64 Posts
Wafa Hallam
Wafa Faith Hallam is a Moroccan-American who lived and worked in Europe and traveled to over 35 countries before attending college in Gainesville, FL. An Honor Graduate of the University of Florida (Phi Beta Kappa), she was awarded a series of Fellowships to attend New York University where she earned a Master's Degree in Middle Eastern Studies and International Affairs. She completed the PhD course work in Middle Eastern Studies, as well as comprehensive exams. She was granted a Dissertation Fellowship for her research on Political Violence and Terrorism in the MENA Region by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation in Manhattan. She remained committed to Peace and Conflict Resolution in the Middle East and Arab-Muslim Issues even as she built a successful career on Wall Street for over a decade. In 2017 and 2018, she traveled alone to 15 new countries in South America, Southeast Asia, New Zealand, and Australia. Wafa is a writer, editor, speaker and author of The Road from Morocco, a memoir.
2 Posts
Wajahat Ali
Wajahat Ali is a journalist, writer, lawyer, award-winning playwright, TV host and former consultant for the U.S. State Department.
2 Posts
Yasmine Oubahi
Yasmine Oubahi is a Moroccan journalist specializing in migration and immigration issues. She is currently pursuing her MA in Media and Migration at ISIC (L’Institut Supérieur de l’Information et de la Communication) in Rabat, Morocco, and holds a BA in Journalism and Mass Communication also from ISIC. Dedicated to written and visual storytelling to advance human rights including those of immigrants, refugees, and women, she has a strong desire to make the voices of vulnerable groups heard. Yasmine speaks Arabic, Moroccan Berber, French, English, and Spanish, and is currently a volunteer in the African Union Youth Envoy (OYE).
2 Posts
Youssef El Kaidi
Youssef El Kaidi is a teacher of English. He has a PhD in Cultural Studies: Cultures and Identities in Morocco from the University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fes. Youssef was a contributor to Morocco World News and corresppondent in Fes and the region from 2013 to 2016. He is an Alumnus of the University of the Middle East Project since July 2011. In 2013, he became a member of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) international network of young leaders and academic researchers after participating in the New Faces Conference in Tunis, Tunisa and in the DGAP Alumni Conference in Berlin, Germany. Youssef is also a graduate of the International Centre on Non-violent Conflict after his participation at the Fletcher Summer School on Non-violent Resistance at Tufts University in Boston in June 2014. In July 2017, he participated in the Oleander Initiative for Peace in Tokyo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. His areas of interest beyond teaching are cultural studies,journalism, media studies, youth training, peace and non-violence.
18 Posts
Youssef Igrouane
Youssef Igrouane is a Moroccan journalist and researcher. He holds a master's degree in European Interdisciplinary Studies from the College of Europe in Belgium. He focuses on the geopolitical and sociopolitical issues in the MENA region and Euro-Mediterranean relations.
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