Gulf Research Meeting
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GRM 2024 Workshop: Migration to the Gulf: Possible Scenarios for the Future A View from the GCC and from Countries of Origin
GRM 2023 Workshop: Recent Labour and Migration Reforms and Policies in the Gulf: Impact on Economies and Societies
GRM 2021 Workshop: The COVID-19 Health and Socio-economic Crises: Consequences on Population and Migration in the Gulf
(Ph.D.) is a researcher and consultant based in Paris, France. A socio-demographer by training, she specializes in the demography of Arab countries, especially in the Middle East and the Gulf region. Currently a Senior Fellow with the Gulf Labour Markets, Migration and Population programme (GLMM) of the Gulf Research Center Foundation since 2013, she was a Senior Fellow at the French Institute for the Near East (IFPO) in Amman, Jordan for several years and a part-time Professor at the Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute, Florence, Italy. Her research focusses on population and socio-political dynamics in the region: youth, family structures, migration dynamics and policies, migration data. Her publications on migration issues and Gulf states include: “’Blocked Youth’: The Politics of Migration from the SEM Countries before and after the Arab Uprisings.” The International Spectator (53): 2018; “Youth Unemployment and Alienation in the Middle East: A Critical View”. In Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of the Middle East, A. Salvatore et al. (Eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022; “New Profiles of Demand in the Gulf Cooperation Council and Possible Impact on Labor Migration from Asia”, in: ADBI/ILO/OECD (Eds.). Labor Migration in Asia: Changing Profiles and Processes, Tokyo/ Bangkok/ Paris: ADBI/ ILO/ OECD, June 2023, pp. 27-56, “The Politics of Migration in the Gulf States”. In Introduction to Gulf Politics, Kh. Almezaini and K. Alexander (Eds). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (forth.); “As the Gulf Region Plots a Major Socio-Economic Transition, Its Highly Scrutinized Immigration Policies Are Yet to Yield Concrete Outcomes”, Migration Information Source (forth.). She co-edited with Nasra Shah a special issue on “Recent Labour and Migration Policy Reforms in the Gulf States: Winners and Losers”, Asia and Pacific Migration Journal (Forth., first quarter 2025).
