Dr Balsam Mustafa

(she/her)

Overview

I am an interdisciplinary scholar. My research cuts across different fields, including Translation Studies, Feminist studies, Social Movements, Media and Communication Studies, as well as Politics and Sociology, with a focus on the Middle East.

My current research, funded by Leverhulme Trust, explores cyberfeminism in four Middle Eastern contexts: Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. I am working on a monograph on this project titled, 'Feminist voices: Accelerated affective cyberfeminism in Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen'.

My first manuscript based on my PhD research was published by Bloomsbury Academic and titled, 'Islamic State in translation: Four atrocities, multiple narratives'.

I have also published on the linguistic, visual, and multimodal dynamics of protest movements, focusing on the case of Iraq. 

Beyond academia, I contribute to knowledge production and dissemination in several non-academic platforms and channels, writing in Arabic and English and translating my work whenever possible.