Ahmed Morsy is a visiting fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, where he works on the Middle East and Horn of Africa interconnected geopolitical, security, and economic dynamics. His research interests include foreign and security policies in the Middle East, as well as political reforms in the Arab world. Morsy is also… Continue reading Ahmed Morsy
Expert Region: North Africa
Dalia Ghanem
Dalia Ghanem is a senior fellow and director of the Conflict and Transitions program at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. Her research focuses on Middle Eastern and North African politics, including issues of political violence, radicalization, civil-military relations, and gender studies. Previously, Ghanem served as director of the MENA program and senior analyst… Continue reading Dalia Ghanem
Afyare A. Elmi
Afyare A. Elmi is a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He is also a research professor at the City University of Mogadishu and a senior research fellow at the Heritage Institute for Policy Studies in Somalia. Previously, Elmi was the executive director of the Heritage Institute for Policy… Continue reading Afyare A. Elmi
Kamel Senouci
Kamel Senouci is a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He specializes in global health. A medical doctor by training, Senouci’s expertise covers public health, epidemiology and health policy, and health economics. He is currently the director of the Advanced Course of Vaccinology (ADVAC)—an advanced vaccinology training for health professional—at… Continue reading Kamel Senouci
Mohannad T. Al-Suwaidan
Mohannad T. Al-Suwaidan is a nonresident fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He is the head of natural gas liquids (NGL) and chief Middle East and Africa analyst at ESAI Energy in Boston. Al-Suwaidan research examines energy markets, trade relations between different states, and state-citizens relations within rentier states, focusing on the… Continue reading Mohannad T. Al-Suwaidan
Abdalftah Hamed Ali
Abdalftah Hamed Ali is a junior visiting fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He has recently graduated from the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Qatar, with a master’s degree in public policy. Abdalftah’s research interests include economic development, public policy, energy transition, and sustainability in the Middle East and North Africa… Continue reading Abdalftah Hamed Ali
Ali Bin Musa
Ali Bin Musa is a junior visiting fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He has recently graduated from the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Qatar, with a master’s degree in political science and international relations. His research interests include democratic transition, state formation, political history, and foreign policy in the Middle… Continue reading Ali Bin Musa
Rabah Arezki
Rabah Arezki is a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He is a director of research at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and a senior fellow at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. In addition, Arezki is a research fellow with the Economic Research Forum… Continue reading Rabah Arezki
Sahar Khamis
Sahar Khamis is a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. She is also an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Maryland, College Park. An expert on Arab and Muslim media, Khamis was the former head of the Mass Communication and Information Science Department at Qatar… Continue reading Sahar Khamis
Ahmet F. Aysan
Ahmet Aysan is a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He is also a professor at Hamad Bin Khalifa University and the program coordinator of Islamic Finance and Economy programs. Previously, Aysan has been a member of the Board and the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Turkey.… Continue reading Ahmet F. Aysan
Rana Hendy
Rana Hendy is a former nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. She is also an assistant professor of economics and public policy and the program director of the Master of Public Policy Program at the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at The American University in Cairo. Hendy is… Continue reading Rana Hendy
Yasmina Abouzzohour
Yasmina Abouzzohour is a nonresident fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs and a research scholar and lecturer in Politics at Princeton University, where she teaches courses on political and economic development. She is also a senior nonresident fellow at the Moroccan Institute for Policy Analysis and previously served as a research fellow… Continue reading Yasmina Abouzzohour
Larbi Sadiki
Larbi Sadiki is a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He is a scholar with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. He is an expert in democratization studies and political transitions. Previously, he was a professor at Qatar University, lecturing on international affairs and political science. He was… Continue reading Larbi Sadiki
Noha Aboueldahab
Noha Aboueldahab is a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. She is an assistant professor of international law at Georgetown University in Qatar and serves on the board of several academic and civil society organizations. Aboueldahab is an award-winning specialist in transitional justice and is the author of Transitional Justice and the Prosecution… Continue reading Noha Aboueldahab
Yahia H. Zoubir
Yahia Zoubir is a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He is also a professor of international studies and geopolitics at various universities and business schools in several countries across the world including in France, the United States, China, Europe, and the Middle East and North Africa region. In 2020,… Continue reading Yahia H. Zoubir
Tarik M. Yousef
Tarik M. Yousef is a senior fellow and director of the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. Prior, he served as senior fellow and director of the Brookings Doha Center and was a nonresident senior fellow in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. He is a research fellow with the… Continue reading Tarik M. Yousef
Adel Abdel Ghafar
Adel Abdel Ghafar is a fellow and director of the Foreign Policy and Security program at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He was previously a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Foreign Policy Program and a fellow at the Brookings Doha Center, where he was also acting director of research. Abdel Ghafar is… Continue reading Adel Abdel Ghafar