About Malay Firoz

Malay Firoz is an assistant professor of anthropology at Arizona State University. His research is located at the intersections of the anthropology of humanitarianism, the anthropology of ethics, political theory, forced migration studies, and Middle East studies. His book manuscript, The Resilience Paradox: Horizons of Humanitarian Ethics in the Syrian Crisis, explores the politics of humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon, analyzing the political and ethical implications of a recent turn toward “resilience-based” approaches to international aid. In 2022, he published an article in Co-herencia titled “Adapt or Die?: Resilience Discourse and the Shifting Contours of Humanitarian Morality.”