"which were motivated by discovery and personal growth, my current journey is different. Today, every opportunity carries with it the responsibility of speaking for Yemen, of ensuring its struggles and aspirations are not forgotten.'"

A screenshot excerpt of my introductory essay shown below.

"but which may also redefine one’s epistemological, emotional, ethical orientations. Dina Hadad admits that, 'I carry war not only as an ongoing memory of a homeland that once was, but as an enduring emotional state.' Nadia Al-Sakkaf, from Yemen, shares: 'Unlike earlier stages of my life...

"The program...awards competitive scholarships to researchers from the broader MENA whose academic trajectory has been adversely impacted by developments in their own country. Displacement and exile have marked these scholars’ lives—conditions defined by geographic dislocation...

As I write in the introduction, "The MESA Global Academy scholars represent a particularly valuable set of voices to consider questions about both stasis and change...

In this section, Dina Hadad writes on "authoritarianism reinvented" in post-Assad Syria, while Nadia Al-Sakkaf considers slower moving shifts in the nature of warfare, surveillance, and sovereignty in the region.

I think? But for some reason my New was a Net up until now.

Congratulations!!

Oh hooray! This link is working for me: therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...

This is so inexcusable. I am so sorry, Heba! I hope the piece will find a home and I can read it soon.