Attiya Ahmad is Georgetown University’s 2009-10 Center for International and Regional Studies Post-Doctoral Fellow. She recently completed her PhD in Cultural Anthropology at Duke University. Dr. Ahmad’s work brings together scholarship on Islamic studies, globalization, diaspora and migration studies, economic anthropology, and political economy.
The Latest from Attiya Ahmad
Salafis Coming to America
This Opnion first appeared in the Huffington Post on May 11, 2012.
Delivering on the Commitments of Afghanistan Conferences
Last December in Bonn, Germany hosted and Afghanistan chaired an international conference on “Afghanistan and the International Community: From Transition to the Transformation Decade.” Eighty-five countries and 15 international organizations participated in the Conference to celebrate their shared 10-year achievements, and to recommit to consolidating and sustaining these achievements beyond 2014 into a decade of transformation until 2024.
Introduction to Higher Education and the Middle East: Building Institutional Partnerships
Originally posted December 2010
Considering the Information Infrastructure for American-style Universities in the Middle East
Originally posted December 2010
In the past 15 years, American educators – faculty, librarians, and administrators – have been invited to transfer their expertise to the Middle East and to assist in developing American-style universities. Attempting to transplant a culturally-based educational system into new nations with different values poses unique opportunities to reflect on what constitutes American education and what components must be included in the transfer.
Western Sahara: Deferred Referendum or Lasting Settlement?
Over the last decade, the dispute over the future status of the Western Sahara territory, which has set Morocco and the Algeria-backed pro-independence Polisario front in opposition, has entered a qualitatively new phase. This is due to attempts at finding a negotiated outcome instead of the long-delayed self-determination referendum. The idea of a political solution to break a twice deadlocked (1997 and 2000) UN self-determination referendum for the Western Sahara territory has steadily revived the prospect of autonomous status for the territory within Moroccan jurisdiction.
The Consequences of Syria for Minorities in the Levant
MEI Podcast,The Consequences of Syria for Minorities in the Levant, 9 May, 2012
The Consequences of Syria for Minorities in the Levant
MEI Podcast,The Consequences of Syria for Minorities in the Levant, 9 May, 2012
The Consequences of Syria for Minorities in the Levant
MEI Podcast,The Consequences of Syria for Minorities in the Levant, 9 May, 2012
The Consequences of Syria for Minorities in the Levant
MEI Podcast,The Consequences of Syria for Minorities in the Levant, 9 May, 2012
The Consequences of Syria for Minorities in the Levant
An Overview of North African Countries' Bilateral Cooperation on the Removal of Unauthorized Migrants: Drivers and Implications
Originally posted May 2010
Irregular Migration in the Arab Mediterranean Countries
Originally posted May 2010
The Changing Status of Maghrebi Emigrants: The Rise of the Diaspora
Originally posted May 2010
Hamas's Shifting Political Calculations
Panelists will examine how the reverberations from last year's Arab Awakening, including the resulting unrest in Syria and the rise to power in Egypt of the Muslim Brotherhood, are re-shaping Hamas' relations with its patrons Iran and Syria, its rival, Fatah, and even the dynamics inside the organization itself.
