About Ola Galal

Ola Galal is Clinical Assistant Professor of Global Cultures at New York University’s Liberal Studies where she teaches and conducts research at the intersection of Political Anthropology, Gender Studies, and Middle East and African Studies. As a publicly engaged scholar and writer, her work appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as Political and Legal Anthropology Review and general media outlets such as Mada Masr and Bloomberg Businessweek. She holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the Graduate Center at the City University of New York and a B.A. in journalism from the American University in Cairo.