Madawi al-Rasheed

Madawi al-Rasheed
Middle Eastern woman with long hair, wearing glasses, a white top and dark jacket, sitting and looking ahead.
al-Rasheed in 2018
BornOctober 1962 (age 62)
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Paris, France
NationalityBritish
Political partyNational Assembly Party[1]

Madawi al-Rasheed, FBA (Arabic: مضاوي الرشيد;[2] born (1962-10-00)October 1962[3]) is a British citizen of Saudi origin and a professor of social anthropology. Al-Rasheed has held a position at the Department of Theology and Religious Studies in King's College London and as a Visiting Professor at the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She gives occasional lectures in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. She is the granddaughter of Muhammad bin Talāl al-Rashid, the last prince of the Emirate of Ha'il, which was conquered by the Al-Saud in the early 20th century. She has written several books and articles in academic journals on the Arabian Peninsula, Arab migration, globalisation, gender, and religious transnationalism. As of 2016, she is a Visiting Research Professor at the Middle East Institute at the National University of Singapore.

  1. ^ El Yaakoubi, Aziz (23 September 2020), Maclean, William (ed.), "Saudi dissidents form pro-democracy political group", Reuters
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