Amira Ahmed
Amira Ahmed is both a scholar and practitioner with a long experience in the area of diaspora engagement, migration, refugees, paid domestic work and human trafficking. Both her master's and PhD degrees focus on the intersectionality of gender, class, and ethnicity within local and global dynamics. In contrast, her PhD dissertation examined the vulnerabilities of migrant women domestic workers in Egypt (Ahmed, 2010). Ahmed also worked with leading humanitarian/development organizations such as UN-IOM in Jordan and Egypt and IFRC in Switzerland. Recent publication: co-author of Skills for Science Systems in Africa: The Case of Brain Drain.
In an interdisciplinary approach, her current research focuses on examining cultural heritage-making practices and sites along migration routes across national and continental boundaries from Africa to Europe, focusing on the political agency and relationalities of migrants/refugees and their advocates. Hosted by SEA Department, Ahmed is currently performing a research associate position and leading the research project Traces of mobility, violence and solidarity: Reconceptualizing cultural heritage through the lens of migration. TRACES is multi-site collaborative research represented by the American University in Cairo, Mila University/Italy, London Gold-Smith University, and Jendouba University/Tunisia.
Research Interest:
- Migration/refugees and diaspora engagements
- Gender, sexuality and feminism
- Human trafficking
- Paid domestic work
Contact: amiraa[at]aucegypt.edu