Aisha Al-Sarihi

Aisha Al-Sarihi is a nonresident fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. She is a research fellow at the National University of Singapore’s Middle East Institute and a nonresident fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington.

Al-Sarihi’s areas of research include political economy, environmental sustainability, energy policy, renewables, and climate policies, with a focus on the Arab region. She has authored several publications, including articles in the Journal of Aerosol and Air Quality Research, Renewable Energy, and the Climate Policy Journal.

Previously, Al-Sarihi was a research associate at King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center and a visiting scholar at Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies. She was also a visiting fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington and served as a research officer at the London School of Economics and Political Science’s Middle East Centre.

Al-Sarihi’s research has been featured in different international media outlets including Reuters, Associated Press, The New Arab, Arab News, and Asia Times, among many others.