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Houda Mzioudet
University of Toronto Scarborough
Occupation
Undergraduate Student
Contact

Canada
ABOUT
Houda Mzioudet holds an MA in Cultural Studies from the University of Manouba (Tunisia) and is currently pursuing a BA in Political Science and International Relations at the University of Toronto (Canada). As an independent researcher, she covered the Arab Uprisings in 2011 with international news outlets such as the BBC, CBC and Al Jazeera English among others. Mzioudet published articles, policy briefs and papers for international think-tanks such as the Brookings Institution and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She also co-authored a book on the Libyan Displacement Crisis with Megan Bradley and Ibrahim Fraihat in 2016 (with Georgetown University Press) and in 2022 has authored a chapter titled “Breaking the Racial Taboo: Black Tunisian activism as transitional justice” in the volume Transitional Justice in Tunisia: Innovations, Continuities, Challenges (edited by Simon Robins and Paul Gready with Routledge). Currently, her research focuses on transitional justice, border dynamics in North Africa, civil society activism, intersectionality, black identities in the MENA region, gender and media, and migration and diaspora identities.
Discipline
Political Science
Sub Areas
Ethnic Groups
Cultural Studies
African Studies
Democratization
Diaspora/Refugee Studies
Human Rights
Identity/Representation
Maghreb Studies
Nationalism
Transnationalism
Conflict Resolution
Critical Race Theory
Geographic Areas of Interest
Maghreb
Libya
Tunisia
Algeria
Mediterranean Countries
Specialties
Cross Border Economic Activities In North Africa
Democratization And Transitional Justice In North Africa
Libyan Conflict Fallout On Sahel And Mediterranean Regions
Languages
Arabic (native)
English (fluent)
French (fluent)
German (elementary)
Spanish (intermediate)
Education
BA | 2024 | Political Science | University of Toronto
MA | 2005 | Cultural Studies | University of Manouba
BA | 2000 | English Language and Literature | University of Manouba
Abstracts
The Libyan Quagmire and the Security Challenge in the Sahel: Cases of Mali and Chad