Researcher on Local and transboundary
political ecologies issues.

About me

I study the relations between societies and their surrounding waterscapes, focusing on the countries sharing the Nile River. I started my passion by studying the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance (GERD) after extensive fieldwork in Ethiopia in 2018. The thesis analyzed the GERD through its significance to Ethiopia, exploring it concerning the country’s historical, economic, and social grievances and the central role those grievances played in shaping the socio-political process of its construction. After this project, I worked with several colleagues on analyzing other economic and cultural aspects of the Nile such as the Gulf investments in East Africa and the role of music in mediating the relation with the Nile.

Extensive Fieldwork
experiences in Egypt, Ethiopia,

Uganda & Kenya

Conducting PHD research
in politics department at SOAS University of London

I am currently conducting PhD research in the politics department at SOAS University of London. After extensive fieldwork in Lake Victoria in Uganda and Kenya and Delta Lakes in Egypt complemented with archival materials, I am conducting a socio-environmental analysis of communities living around lakes and wetlands along the Nile. Through this research, I delve into the colonial histories of these lakes, the neoliberal interventions that have shaped these water bodies, and the fishermen’s everyday experiences amidst the growing threats of climate change.

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