KHALID MUSTAFA MEDANI, PhD

Curriculum Vitae

Book commendation from the American Political Science Association’s Middle East and North Africa Politics Section for Black Markets and Militants:

Khalid Mustafa Medani …. has written a highly original account that explains how economic globalization – particularly, labor remittances originating in the Gulf states – impacted social, religious, and political communities in Egypt, Sudan, and Somalia. Despite robust scholarly literatures focused on migration, Islamist militant groups, informal networks, and political economy, Medani has written a breakthrough account linking these diverse subjects in a single coherent narrative. Medani argues that boom and bust cycles of capital inflows interacted with underlying levels of state capacity and local political cultures to construct divergent social and political outcomes. An instant classic, Medani’s expert case knowledge and facility with bridging diverse scholarly literatures makes Black Markets and Militants an exemplar for the field of comparative politics.