Mohamad El Kari

Mohamad is a PhD Candidate within the Department of War Studies at King’s College London where his research focuses on protest movements and emotions in Lebanon. His research is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) through the London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Programme (LISS DTP).

Mohamad holds an MA in Political Economy of the Middle East from King’s College London, for which he was awarded a distinction and a postgraduate diploma in Middle East security studies from the University of St Andrews.

During his time at King’s, Mohamad worked as a translator for The Cross-Border Conflict Evidence, Policy, and Trends (XCEPT) research programme. His translation work focused on security and stability in Lebanon and peace-building in Iraq.

Previously, Mohamad worked as a research analyst at the American Enterprise Institute’s Critical Threats Project (CTP) where he was tracking and analysing current and emerging threats to American national security posed by the Salafi-jihadi movement in Yemen and North Africa.