Connections: Episode #100

Sudan Update

Mouin Rabbani in Conversation with Dr. Khalid Mustafa Medani

Join us on Wednesday, 12 February for a conversation with Khalid Medani about the continuing armed conflict in Sudan. This episode of Connections will discuss recent developments in the war between Sudan’s military and the Rapid Support Forces, the growing costs imposed on the people of Sudan, and whether the conflict may be reaching a conclusion. 

Connections offers timely and informative interviews on current events and broader policy questions, as well as themes relevant to knowledge production. It combines journalism, analysis, and scholarship. 

Guest

Dr. Khalid Mustafa Medani is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Islamic Studies at McGill University, where he is also the Director of the Institute of Islamic Studies and Chair of the African Studies Program. His research focuses on globalization, and the political economy of Islamist and ethnic politics in Africa and the Middle East, with a special focus on Sudan, Egypt, and Somalia. Dr. Medani is the author of Black Markets and Militants: Informal Networks in the Middle East and Africa (Cambridge University Press, 2021) which in 2022 was recognized as Best Book in the Field of Middle East and North Africa Politics by a Senior Scholar by the American Political Science Association. His most recent article, “The Struggle For Sudan”, was published in Middle East Report. 

Host

Mouin Rabbani is a researcher, analyst, and commentator specialising in Palestinian affairs, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the contemporary Middle East. He has among other positions previously served as Principal Political Affairs Officer with the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Head of Middle East with the Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation, and Senior Middle East Analyst and Special Advisor on Israel-Palestine with the International Crisis Group. Rabbani is Co-Editor of Jadaliyya, and a Contributing Editor of Middle East Report