The core mission of this textbook is to help and support both new and established scholars looking to expand their research in the Middle East and North Africa, navigating issues that relate to positionality, ethics and ethnocentric biases. 16 researchers share their invaluable first-hand experiences and examine the cultural, conceptual, methodological and practical challenges of working on and in MENA region.
Lorraine Charles is a Research Associate at the Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge and Co-Lead of the Digital Skills and Digital Work project at the Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement, University of Cambridge.
Ilan Pappé is Professor of History and Director for the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter. He is author of numerous books, the most recent being The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Israeli Occupation of Palestine (Oneworld, 2015), The Idea of Israel (Verso, 2014) and The Modern Middle East; A Social and Cultural History (Routledge, 2014).
Monica Ronchi is a social entrepreneur working in the education sector in Europe and the Middle East.
Lorraine Charles is Head of Research at Angela M Solomon Communications, and a PhD candidate at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter. She has published articles in the Journal of International Women's Studies.
Ilan Pappé is Professor of History and Director for the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter. He is author of numerous books, the most recent being
The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Israeli Occupation of Palestine (Oneworld, 2015),
The Idea of Israel (Verso, 2014) and
The Modern Middle East; A Social and Cultural History (Routledge, 2014).
Monica Ronchi is a postgraduate teaching assistant and PhD candidate at the University of Exeter.