Aygün Yılmaz Uzunöz is a Fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University (2025-26). She holds a BA from the Faculty of Theology at Ankara University (2016) and a BA in History (double major) from the Faculty of Language, History, and...
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...
Yasemin Karakuş is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Turkish Language and Literature at Istanbul University, specializing in Old Turkish Literature. Her research focuses on classical Ottoman poetry and prose, cultural history, and the...
With a career spanning over three decades to give voice to voiceless especially women, I’ve had the privilege of working across TV, radio, and print media since 1992. I’ve created hundreds of TV commercials and numerous clips for UNICEF, and I’ve been...
Jeannie Sowers is Professor and Chair of the Political Science and International Affairs Department at the University of New Hampshire. Her research explores political and environmental change in the Middle East and North Africa, with a recent focus on...
Ezgi Canpolat is a globally recognized anthropologist and innovation leader architecting climate solutions and AI for social good at scale. She was recently selected for the prestigious Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Residency among 105 global thought...
Evangeline McGlynn is a geographer who studies the long-term impacts of disaster on urban space. She also writes on spatial imaginaries through the lens of STS and digital geographies. McGlynn holds a PhD in geography from the University of California...
Leila Fawaz is Professor Emerita of Lebanese and Eastern Mediterranean Studies at the Fletcher School and of History in the School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University. She was the founding director of the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean...
Elif Irem Az is a medical and political-economic anthropologist, poet, and Disaster Studies Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University. She received her PhD in sociocultural anthropology from Columbia University in...