Arhama Siddiqa
Research Fellow
Areas of Research:
Middle East and North Africa
Ms. Arhama Siddiqa is currently working as a Research Fellow at Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI). She graduated from the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in 2013 with a B.Sc. (Hons) in Political Science and Economics and went on to complete an MA in International Political Economy from the University of Warwick in 2014. In 2017 she was awarded the Commonwealth Professional Fellowship, during which she was based at Conciliation Resources in the United Kingdom.
Report – Webinar on “Iran, Pakistan and South Asia under the Pandemic”
As part of the 16th ISSI-IPIS Dialogue, the Institute of Strategic Studies of Islamabad (ISSI) in collaboration with the Institute for Political and International...
Pakistan: The Economy of an Elitist State, Husain, Ishrat. Oxford University Press, second Edition,...
Dr. Ishrat Husain’s book “Pakistan: The Economy of an Elitist State” is based on the thesis that a small group of elites have...
Issue Brief on “US Caesar Act and Syrian Economic Despair”
The Syrian
economic woes have been made worse by the promulgation of US Caesar Act.
The Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act, also known as the...
Report – Webinar “Celebrating Africa Day”
The Centre for Middle East & Africa (CMEA) at the Institute of
Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) hosted a WebCelebration to commemorate
Africa Day on May 20,...
Issue Brief on “Covid-19 and Pakistan’s Foreign Policy Challenges”
Following and even before the World Health Organization (WHO) formally declared Covid-19 as a pandemic, restrictive measures such as lockdowns have been declared all...
Issue Brief on “Demonstrations in Lebanon: Between Poverty and The Pandemic”
Since October 2019, Lebanese citizens have been demonstrating against the government denouncing them for dishonesty and misconduct. The country has been immersed in an...
Issue Brief on “Covid in the Camps: Challenges to Refugees in the Middle East”
Conflicts and wars have become trademarks of the modern Middle East. The disputes have led to thousands of people fleeing their homes and taking...
Issue Brief on “COVID 19 and Repatriation of Pakistani Workers”
It is hard to overestimate the role of migrant labor in the Gulf, where jobs in construction, sanitation and transportation are primarily undertaken by...
Issue Brief on “Situation in Yemen: Caught Between Conflict and The Corona Virus”
March 22, 2020 marked five years since the conflict in Yemen began. The country has been in turmoil since 2015, when Iran-backed Houthi militia...
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