Ahmed Al-Shahi

Ahmed Al-Shahi is a Research Fellow at St Antony's College, affiliated with the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oxford. His academic work focuses on social anthropology, with regional expertise in Sudan and the Middle East.

• Specializes in economic and social development
• Studies social differentiation and sectarian politics
• Researches oral literature and Gulf Shaikhdoms
• Analyzes Middle East and North African immigrant experiences in Europe

Current projects include an anthropological monograph on northern Sudanese communities and analysis of nomadic oral traditions. He teaches courses in Middle East Anthropology and Arab Popular Culture.