Shaimaa Abdellah

Researcher

Shaimaa Abdellah is a Research Associate in the RADIS trans­fer project at the Research Depart­ment Trans­national Politics. Her main area of focus is Islamist radi­calization in Germany and Europe, trans­national digital activism, and political commu­nication in the MENA region.

Shaimaa Abdellah
abdellah(at)prif.org

CV

| since 2023
Researcher in the RADIS Project, Know­ledge Transfer

| 2023
Junior professional at the Federal Coor­dination of UNESCO Project Schools, German UNESCO Commission, Bonn

| 2023
Internship in the Migra­tion Program of the German Council on Foreign Rela­tions (DGAP), Berlin

| 2022–2023
Internship in the Regional Depart­ment Near and Middle East, Deutsche Gesell­schaft für Inter­nationale Zusammen­arbeit (GIZ), Eschborn

| 2022
Language and culture mediator for socio-psycho­logical counselling at Refugio e.V.

| 2021
International Parlia­mentary Scholar­ship (IPS) of the German Bundes­tag

| 2021
Intern­ship with the Terrorism Research Group at PRIF

| 2020–2021
Internship in the Depart­ment of Political Edu­cation, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Landes­büro Thüringen

| 2019–2022
Scholar­ship of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

| 2019–2022
M.A. Global Commu­nication: Politics and Society, University of Erfurt

| 2016–2018
News­reader and radio presenter, I'elam Online Radio, Cairo

| 2017
Intern­ship in the Congress of the United States of America, DC/USA

| 2016
Professio­nal Public Relations Program - American Uni­versity in Cairo (AUC)

| 2014–2018
B.A. in Mass Commu­nication (Radio, TV & Journalism), Cairo Uni­versity

Projects

Publications

  • Islamistische Radikalisierung, Antisemitismus und antimuslimischer Rassismus: Eine neue Blogserie greift aktuelle Debatten rund um Islamismus in Deutschland auf
    | 2023
    Abdellah, Shaimaa; Tultschinetski, Sina (2023): Islamistische Radikalisierung, Antisemitismus und antimuslimischer Rassismus: Eine neue Blogserie greift aktuelle Debatten rund um Islamismus in Deutschland auf, PRIF BLOG.
    Publication

Further Activities

  • Board Member, Wo­men for the Middle East e.V. (FFNO), Erfurt
  • Editorial Board Member, Global Commu­nity Magazine (GCM)
  • Member of the German Council on Foreign Re­lations (DGAP)