Since 2020: Associate at the GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies
Since 2020: Lecturer in International Relations of the Middle East at the University of Birmingham
04/2018 - 07/2018: Visiting Fellow at the GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies
2016 - 2019: Lecturer in International Relations of the Middle East and/or the Muslim World in the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University
2014 - 2015: Research Fellow at GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies
2011 - 2015: PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh, School of Social and Political Science, Politics & IR Department (Thesis Working Title: Threat Perception and Alliance Choice in Middle East International Relations: The Cases of Syria and Saudi Arabia)
Education: MA of International Politics, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Bordeaux, Science Po Bordeaux, France; BA, Political Science (minor: Economics), Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, Egypt
Awards and Scholarships: Scholarship of the Arab-British Chamber Commerce Charitable Foundation (2012-2013), Global Supplementary Grant, the Open Society Foundation (2011-2012), Bernard Crick Fellowship, University of Edinburgh (2011-2012), Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie Masters Scholarship (2009-2010), French Government scholarship (2009-2010), Mohamed Farid Khamis Foundation Scholarship for academic achievement (2005-2009)
Saudi Arabia Post-Arab Spring: From Regional Ambitions to Domestic Realities, GIGA Berlin, Berlin
Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
Jana Warkotsch (Moderator), Thomas F. Schneider (Panelist), Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter (Panelist), Dr. May Darwich (Panelist)
