Research areas
Sarah Gharib Seif's doctoral research focuses on the (re)production and perpetuation of colonial, racialised and gendered constructions of women who joined the Islamic State through media and government narratives in the Anglosphere, with a particular focus on the UK. She is supervised by Dr. Jasmine Gani and Dr. Roxani Krystalli.
Sarah's research interests include:
- Critical approaches to terrorism and counter-terrorism
- The politics and creation of media and government narratives and discourses
- The intersections of gender, race and religion
- The colonial nature of citizenship
- Decolonial, post-colonial, and feminist approaches to IR
Sarah received her undergraduate degree in International Relations from the University of St Andrews in 2018. She also holds an M.A. in International Peace and Security from King's College London. She has previously worked as a researcher on Preventing Radicalisation and Extremism Leading to Terrorism at the Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding (CCCPA), with a focus on the intersections of gender and terrorism, and of DDR and counter-terrorism. She previously worked as a geopolitics and social media intelligence analyst.