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Afkār is a publication of the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, providing short-form analyses, insights, and perspectives on regional issues and developments from the Council's experts and outside contributors. Afkār is published in English and Arabic, and is edited by Omar H. Rahman.
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Oumeyma Chelbi

Former Junior Fellow

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Oumeyma Chelbi was a Visiting Junior Fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. She holds a master’s degree in development economics from the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Qatar.

Chelbi’s research interests include corruption, governance, development economics, and entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa region.

Previously, Chelbi interned at Konrad Adenauer Stiftung in Amman, Jordan, and at the Doha Institute.

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Articles

The Saudi Anticorruption Drive Moves Beyond Frying a Few Big Fish
What began in dramatic fashion in 2017 has matured into a sustained anti-corruption campaign that has made Saudi Arabia a regional leader on the issue.
Robert P. Beschel Jr., Oumeyma Chelbi
How Tunisia's Anti-Corruption Campaign Is Putting Its Next Election into Question
Opposition figures continue to be banned from running for elections due to corruption charges. Is it an attempt to sideline the competition or distract from mounting economic woes?
Nejla Ben Mimoune, Oumeyma Chelbi
Conflict in the Red Sea Makes Economic Waves
The spillover from Israel’s onslaught of the Gaza Strip is not only generating conflict in far-reaching places from Lebanon to Yemen, but is creating economic consequences that could affect the entire globe.
Faozi Al-Goidi, Oumeyma Chelbi
BRICS Summit: Shaping a New Geopolitical Landscape – Council Views
The expansion of BRICS, announced at the August summit in South Africa, signals an emerging shift in the international order. Middle East Council experts analyze the significance of the bloc on the global stage and discuss questions raised at the summit about multipolarity, de-dollarization, and more.
Galip Dalay, Beverley Milton Edwards, Aisha Al-Sarihi, Shahram Akbarzadeh, Adel Abdel Ghafar, Ranj Alaaldin, June Park, Abdalftah Hamed Ali, Oumeyma Chelbi

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