Sudan Update w/ Dr. Khalid Mustafa Medani | Connections with Mouin Rabbani #100

Connections: Episode #100 Sudan Update Mouin Rabbani in Conversation with Dr. Khalid Mustafa Medani Wednesday 12 February 2025 2PM EST | 20:00 CET Guest: Dr. Khalid Mustafa Medani is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Islamic Studies at McGill University, where he is also the Director of the Institute of Islamic Studies and Chair of the African Studies Program. His research focuses on globalization, and the political economy of Islamist and ethnic politics in Africa and the Middle East, with a special focus on Sudan, Egypt, and Somalia. Dr. Medani is the author of Black Markets and Militants: Informal Networks in the Middle East and Africa (Cambridge University Press, 2021) which in 2022 was recognized as Best Book in the Field of Middle East and North Africa Politics by a Senior Scholar by the American Political Science Association. His most recent article, “The Struggle For Sudan”, was published in Middle East Report. Host: Mouin Rabbani is a researcher, analyst, and commentator specialising in Palestinian affairs, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the contemporary Middle East. He has among other positions previously served as Principal Political Affairs Officer with the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Head of Middle East with the Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation, and Senior Middle East Analyst and Special Advisor on Israel-Palestine with the International Crisis Group. Rabbani is Co-Editor of Jadaliyya, and a Contributing Editor of Middle East Report Jadaliyya Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@Jadaliyya?sub_confirmation=1 http://instagram.com/jadaliyya http://twitter.com/jadaliyya http://jadaliyya.com #Jadaliyya