Anwar Mhajne

Anwar Mhajne, a native of Umm al-Fahem, is an Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Stonehill College. Her research focuses on feminist security studies, critical cybersecurity, disinformation, and Middle Eastern politics. Mhajne serves on the Academic Council of American Friends of Combatants for Peace and the Board of Academics for Equality. She is the coeditor of Critical Perspectives on Cybersecurity (Oxford University Press, 2024). Her writing has been featured in academic journals, including Global Studies Quarterly, the Journal of Human Rights, the Journal of Genocide Research, the Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy, the International Feminist Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Religion and Politics. She also writes for media and policy outlets such as Binding Hook, World Politics Review, Culturico, the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, Foreign Policy, the Conversation, Times of Israel, Haaretz, Middle East Eye, +972 Magazine, Quartz, the Defense Post, the Jerusalem Post, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Albawaba, the New Arab, and the National, among others.