About Fatima Al Smadi
Fatima al-Samadi is a Jordanian scholar who specialises in Iranian politics. Al-Samadi is currently a principal researcher at the Al-Jazeera Center for Studies, where she supervises studies on Iran. She received her doctorate degree in Iran and her thesis discusses feminist tropes in Iranian cinema. Al-Samadi served as an assistant professor of Journalism and Media at the University of al-Zarqa’ and an assistant professor at the Middle East University Media department. Her publications include books and articles, namely “Political Movements in Iran”, “Women in the Midst of Politics”, “The US-Iranian Rapprochement: the future of Iran’s Role”, “Iran and the Arabs” (co-author), and “The Islamic State: Its Origins, Influence and Future”.