Hisham Aidi | |
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ⵀⵉⵛⴰⵎ ⵄⴰⵢⴷⵉ هشام العايدي | |
Alma mater |
Franklin & Marshall College (BA) Columbia University (PhD) |
Hisham Aidi is a Moroccan-American political scientist, author, filmmaker, and senior lecturer in international relations at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] His research interests include cultural globalization and the political economy of race and social movements. [6]
His book Rebel Music: Race, Empire, and the New Muslim Youth Culture on global hip hop was a 2015 winner of the American Book Award. [7]
He was born in Tangier and grew up in its old city. [3] [5] His formative years also included time in Spain. [3] As a teenager, he would frequent Tangier's Dar Gnawa, or the House of Gnawa, where he might see guests such as the saxophonist Archie Shepp or the jazz poet Ted Joans. [5]
When he was 15, he earned a scholarship to study at a boarding school in New Mexico in the United States. [1] [2] He then attended Franklin & Marshall College outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the early 1990s, studying political theory and economics. [1] [2] He also worked in college radio, where he played raï music and recordings by Abdessadiq Cheqara and Samy Elmaghribi. [2]
In 1993, he began his doctoral studies at Columbia University, where he studied under and interacted with scholars such as Manning Marable, Robin Kelley, Mahmoud Mamdani, Edward Said, and Lisa Anderson. [2] While studying at Columbia, Aidi lived in Harlem and worked in journalism and political analysis. [2] After completing his PhD in 2002, he worked at the United Nations. [2] He then lectured at University of Maryland. [2]
Hisham Aidi | |
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ⵀⵉⵛⴰⵎ ⵄⴰⵢⴷⵉ هشام العايدي | |
Alma mater |
Franklin & Marshall College (BA) Columbia University (PhD) |
Hisham Aidi is a Moroccan-American political scientist, author, filmmaker, and senior lecturer in international relations at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] His research interests include cultural globalization and the political economy of race and social movements. [6]
His book Rebel Music: Race, Empire, and the New Muslim Youth Culture on global hip hop was a 2015 winner of the American Book Award. [7]
He was born in Tangier and grew up in its old city. [3] [5] His formative years also included time in Spain. [3] As a teenager, he would frequent Tangier's Dar Gnawa, or the House of Gnawa, where he might see guests such as the saxophonist Archie Shepp or the jazz poet Ted Joans. [5]
When he was 15, he earned a scholarship to study at a boarding school in New Mexico in the United States. [1] [2] He then attended Franklin & Marshall College outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the early 1990s, studying political theory and economics. [1] [2] He also worked in college radio, where he played raï music and recordings by Abdessadiq Cheqara and Samy Elmaghribi. [2]
In 1993, he began his doctoral studies at Columbia University, where he studied under and interacted with scholars such as Manning Marable, Robin Kelley, Mahmoud Mamdani, Edward Said, and Lisa Anderson. [2] While studying at Columbia, Aidi lived in Harlem and worked in journalism and political analysis. [2] After completing his PhD in 2002, he worked at the United Nations. [2] He then lectured at University of Maryland. [2]