Author: Mahjoob Zweiri Ahmed Ibrahim Abushouk

Ahmed Ibrahim Abushouk is a Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Qatar University, and received his PhD in History from Bergen University, Norway, in 1998. Before joining Qatar University in 2012, he worked at Bergen University (1998–1999) and International Islamic University Malaysia (1999–2012). His latest publications include The Sudan National Elections 2010: A Study of their Preludes and Results (2012) and The Hadrami Diaspora in Southeast Asian: Identity Maintenance or Assimilation? (2009).Mahjoob Zweiri is an Associate Professor of Contemporary History and Politics of the Middle East and Gradate Faculty at Qatar University, and received his PhD in Modern History of Iran from Tehran University in 2002. Before joining Qatar University, he was a Research Assistant Professor at the Center of Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan, as well as a Visiting Professor at the School of Government and International Affairs, and a Research Fellow and Director of the Centre for Iranian Studies at the Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of Durham, UK. His publications include Iran and Political Dynamism in the Arab World: The Case of Yemen (2015), Iran”s Foreign Policy: From Khatami to Ahmadinejad (2012), and Arabs and Iran: A Review of the History and Politics (2012).