I have published articles in various key academic and policy journals and outlets. These include the Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of the Middle East, as well as book chapters in edited volumes with Palgrave Macmillan and James Currey. I have been featured in a number of media outlets such as al Jazeera, the BBC, RT, Thomson Reuters, the Guardian and others.

I was a Merit Scholar at the American University in Cairo, a Weidenfeld-Hoffman Scholar at the University of Oxford and a Visiting Scholar at the University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’. I hold a doctorate from the Department of International Development and St. Cross College, University of Oxford.

My countries of expertise include Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, West Bank and Gaza, Yemen, Iran, Nigeria, Italy and the UK.