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Samia Errazzouki
University of California, Davis
Occupation
Graduate Student (Doctoral)
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ABOUT
Samia Errazzouki is currently a PhD student in history at the University of California, Davis, where her research focuses on early modern Moroccan history. Samia is also a co-editor with Jadaliyya. Prior to joining UC Davis, Samia worked as a Rabat-based journalist with Reuters, and before that, she reported for the Associated Press and Voice of America. Upon graduating from Georgetown University with an MA in Arab Studies in 2015, Samia worked as a research associate with the University of Cambridge. Her work has been published in the Journal of North African Studies, Washington Post, Carnegie Endowment's Sada Journal, Middle East Institute, Mediterranean Politics, Guardian, and Al Jazeera, among others.
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
Maghreb Studies
Colonialism
State Formation
Historiography
Nationalism
World History
Geographic Areas of Interest
Maghreb
Specialties
Nationalism, Colonial Modernity, State Formation
Languages
Arabic (advanced)
French (advanced)
Berber (intermediate)
Tashelhit (intermediate)
Tamazight (elementary)
Education
MA | 2015 | Arab Studies | Georgetown University
BA | 2012 | Global Affairs | George Mason University
Abstracts
Political Economic Liberalization and the Politics of Women's Empowerment in Morocco The Neoliberalization of Shari'a: A Political Economic History of Morocco's Personal Status Code Reforms The Colonial Roots of Nationalist Modernity: Rereading Abdallah Laroui Racial Capitalism and Morocco's Invasion of the Songhai Empire (1591)