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July 13, 2013
Aisha Ahmad is an Assistant Professor in Political Science at the University of Toronto. She is also the Chief Operating Officer of the Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation, and internationally renowned non-governmental organization that provides emergency relief in Somalia. Aisha recently completed her PhD at McGill University, and was a former research Fellow in the International Security Program and Initiative on Religion in International Affairs at the Belfer Centre for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School. Her work explores the political economy of state failure and state formation in the Muslim world, with a particular focus on the local business community in failed states. Aisha has conducted extensive field research in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kenya and Somalia over the course of several years.
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Professor Ahmad will be teaching a course on the International Relations of Ethnic Conflict in the fall term of upcoming school year.
For more information on the course and Professor Ahmad please see the links below.