Center for Middle East Studies

Sabiya Ahamed '17 is a double concentrator in Middle East Studies and Political Science from Brooklyn, NY. Her thesis looks at the concept of human dignity and how the US resettlement process upholds or diminishes the dignity of Syrian refugees. Sabiya is one of the two inaugural MES Student Fellows in 2016-17. In that capacity, she has successfully taken on the role of MES liaison to pre-concentrators.