My research and teaching focuses on the politics of the Middle East and postcolonial International Relations theory. I obtained my PhD in International Relations as a Kamran Djam Scholar in 2020 from SOAS University of London, in which I focused on the international politics of the Gulf region, and Iran-Iraq relations in particular, in the 1960s and 1970s. Before coming to Glasgow, I had worked as a Senior Teaching Fellow in Politics and International Relations at SOAS University and a Lecturer in International Development at King's College London. I have experience teaching in a range of fields, including Middle East Studies, International Political Economy, International Relations and History. I obtained a Fellowship with Advance HE (formerly the Higher Education Academy) in 2022

I have provided consultancy services and acted as advisor regarding the Middle East region to a number of governments, private actors and charities, particularly in relation to Iran and Israel-Palestine. In 2013-14, I was project assistant for Dr. Karma Nabulsi at Oxford University on a groundbreaking report looking at political representation and mobilisation among Palestinian refugee communities.

I am also a co-founder of the Framing Race collective, a network of academics, activists and researchers looking at politics, discourses and histories of empire, racism and anti-racism in Britain.

My current research interests include the role of imperialism in the Middle East region, post-colonial statebuilding and South-South politics.

Research groups

• International Relations