Sima Aldardari
Sima Aldardari is a researcher and development worker from Damascus, Syria. Aldardari holds a BA in sociology and anthropology from the American University of Beirut, an MA in conflict, governance, and international development from the University of East Anglia, and an MA in Arab studies with a development concentration from Georgetown University. She spent six years in Lebanon working with fellow Syrians in refugee camps as a teacher and a campaign and event organizer. Her research interests include development, displacement and immigration studies, culture and society, and water politics. While at Georgetown University, Aldardari worked as a research assistant for Rochelle Davis where she researched the struggles of Iraqi aid workers and internally displaced people. Later, she worked as research assistance of political economy at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington where she also published several blogs.
