Rahaf Aldoughli is a lecturer in Middle East Studies at Lancaster University, UK. In recent years she has been awarded fellowships by the LSE Middle East Centre, UK, Women in International Security in Washington, D.C., USA, and the Kroc Institute at Notre Dame University, USA, to conduct research on peace and justice in the Syrian context. Her articles have appeared in the Middle East Journal, the British Journal of Middle East Studies, and the Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies, among others.