Marwan M. Kraidy is a scholar of global communication and an authority on Arab media, culture, and politics. An award-winning author and Andrew Carnegie Fellow, Kraidy’s research centers around the relationship between culture and geopolitics, theories of identity and modernity, and global media systems and industries. He is also an expert on the Middle East and fluent in Arabic.
Provost, Northwestern University
Qatar State Minister with rank of Deputy Prime Minister
Secretary General, Supreme Committee on Legacy and Delivery
President, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation
Professor of journalism, American University of Beirut; non-resident senior fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
Editor, news leader, educator and former ombudsman of the Washington Post
President of the Northwestern University Alumni Association; co-founder and CEO of NanoGraf Corporation
Executive Director of Digital, Al Jazeera Media Network
Vice President and General Counsel, Northwestern University
Chief Communication Officer, Qatar Foundation (ex officio member)
Dean and Chief Executive Officer, Northwestern University in Qatar
NU-Q's workplace community is comprised of faculty and staff from around the globe, bringing years of professional experience in their fields.
Our diverse student body, representing more than 50 nationalities, are motivated and socially conscious. Our graduates join a growing network of creative, enterprising NU-Q alumni, as well as tens of thousands of Northwestern alumni in leadership and creative roles around the world.