Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Ibrahim Al-Marashi is an Associate Professor of Middle East History at California State University San Marcos, with additional visiting professorship at IE University School of Global and Public Affairs in Madrid. His scholarship bridges historical analysis with contemporary biosecurity, climate change, and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.

• Doctorate from University of Oxford (Iraqi invasion of Kuwait thesis)
• Co-authored three major historical texts: A Concise History of the Middle East (2018), The Modern History of Iraq (2017), and Iraq’s Armed Forces: An Analytical History (2008)

Al-Marashi's pandemic-era work examines:

• Zoonotic disease transmission patterns from historical epidemics
• Geopolitical tensions exacerbated by health crises
• Pilgrimage networks as disease vectors
• Comparative analysis of pandemic responses (Black Death to COVID-19)
• Climate change's impact on regional stability

His research has been published in:

• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
• Pacific Council on International Policy
• Square Centre for Revolutionary Studies