With over a decade of experience in international academia, Dr. Alaa Badr is a dedicated researcher and educator whose work traverses intellectual history, political theory, and cultural studies. Having taught and researched in Italy, France, the UK, and Egypt, Dr. Badr brings a truly global perspective to questions of identity, power, and social change in the Arab region. Trained in qualitative research methods and multidisciplinary approaches, Dr. Badr’s rigor was showcased in a doctoral thesis successfully defended without corrections—a testament to both scholarly excellence and the thoroughness of the research.