Dr. Sara Alqaiwani

Biography

Sara Alqaiwani is a guest teacher at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in the Department of International History. She holds a PhD in International History from LSE. Sara is also a J-Term Visiting Professor at New York University Abu Dhabi and was associated with the LSE Middle East Centre. In addition to her academic roles, she is a professionally trained opera singer, fluent in English, French, Persian, and Arabic. Her research and teaching interests lie in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), decolonization, gender, and the performing arts. Her PhD dissertation was titled "Nationalism, Revolution, Feminism: Women in Egypt and Iran 1880-1980." Over her career, she has taught courses on global history, decolonization, gender, and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Between 2017 and 2020, she worked as a Senior Political Analyst Advisor for the UAE Ambassador to the UK while continuing her teaching. Sara has collaborated with renowned conductors and performed at international festivals and prestigious venues. In 2022, she received the International BraVo Classical Music Award and was recognized as a finalist for the UK Asian Women Achievement Awards in 2020. Sara is now designing a new course called ‘Singing Revolution’ to be run by NYU in London in 2026.

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