Na'eem JEENAH

Na'eem Jeenah is a Senior Researcher at the Mapungubwe Institute for
Strategic Reflection (MISTRA), and formerly the Executive Director of
the Afro-Middle East Centre based in Johannesburg. He is also a member
of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Africa-China Studies; Deputy
Chair of the Denis Hurley Peace Institute; and Advisory Board member of
the World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies. He has been involved for
around four decades in Palestinian solidarity activity and, most
recently, was a member of the Steering Committee of the Global
Anti-Apartheid Conference for Palestine, held in Johannesburg, South
Africa.
Na'eem has a Master’s Degree from the University of the Witwatersrand,
where he also taught Political Studies. His research areas include
global geopolitics, the South African state, Africa and the Middle East,
among others. He is a sought-after analyst by various South African and
global media. Na'eem has numerous publications to his name, his most
recent being Political Islam: Conceptualising power between ‘Islamic
states’ and Muslim social movements. Others include: Pretending
democracy: Israel, an ethnocratic state; “Non-violence, Armed Struggle
and Politics: A Conversation with Ronnie Kasrils”; and “The National
Liberation Struggle and Islamic Feminisms in South Africa”.