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ABOUT ME

I work at the intersection of international affairs, analysis, research, and development. I am currently the director of the North Africa and Sahel Program at the Middle East Institute in Washington, DC. My work is focused on Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Mauritania, and the Sahel region. I have expertise on the politics and societies of the Maghreb region.

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Prior to coming to MEI, I was the Editor-in-Chief of Sada and a Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. I have previously worked in several NGOs that support a range of reforms across the Middle East and Africa by empowering and building the capacity of local actors.

I am fluent in Arabic, French, and English. I was born in and grew up in Morocco. For more than a decade I have lived and worked in Washington, DC, and traveled extensively throughout the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe, and to parts of Asia and Latin America. My writing has been published in a number of think tank and media outlets in the Middle East, the U.S., and Europe.