I'm a Palestinian-British sociologist, currently based in Doha but have lived and worked in Oxford, Belfast, Amman, Cairo, and Jerusalem. I see myself as a 'pracademic' which basically means both a development practitioner, and academic (researcher/educator). Most of my work over the past 25 years has been in social and policy research in the social protection, inclusion, health, education and humanitarian sectors. I care about amplifying voices of relatively marginalized population groups, those less heard, which I have done in my research, writing, and community empowerment work. have also taught undergraduate sociology courses at Northwestern University Qatar and Georgetown University Qatar. I have a PhD in Sociology from Queens University Belfast, an MA in Social Policy and Administration, and a BA from the American University in Cairo.