ريم نجيب

Rim NAGUIB has completed her PhD in Sociology at Northwestern University in the United States. Her dissertation compares interwar intelligentsia ideologies in Egypt and Iran, and explores the causes of their divergence, by focusing on the two countries' different processes of integration into the world economy. She appreciates Marxist political economy, class analysis and critical theory. Outside the academic world, she is an avid reader of comics, has translated with her husband two graphic novels, and wishes to write her own. She is also a dedicated sourdough bread maker.