Lina Khatib — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Kennedy School's Middle East Initiative
Associate Fellow at Chatham House's Middle East and North Africa Programme
Former Director of the SOAS Middle East Institute at SOAS University of London
Co-founded and led the Program on Arab Reform and Development at Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
Author of books including 'Filming the Modern Middle East' (2006) and 'Image Politics in the Middle East' (2012)
Co-founded and co-leads the World Metal Congress as a practitioner in the cultural scene
Holds a PhD in Social Sciences from the University of Leicester

Biography

Lina Khatib is a prominent academic and researcher specializing in Middle East politics and international studies. She currently serves as a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Kennedy School's Middle East Initiative and an Associate Fellow at Chatham House's Middle East and North Africa Programme, where she previously held the role of director from 2016 to 2023.