Yasmin Ahmed

Student tutor for Arabic language classes

Fachbereich Mittlerer Osten und muslimische Gesellschaften

E-Mail
yasmin.ahmed@unibe.ch
Postal Address
Universität Bern
Department Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies (SACS)
Institute Middle East and Muslim Societies (MOMuG)
Lerchenweg 36
3012 Bern
Consultation Hour
by arrangement via email

Academic career

August 2022–July 2026: Teaching assistant and student tutor for Arabic

2023–2026: Master’s degree in Political Science (major) and Middle Eastern Studies (minor) at the University of Bern

Spring term 2025: Non-degree student at the American University of Cairo (focus: Comparative Politics of the Middle East and Arabic Sociolinguistics)

January 2025: Further training in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language at the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo

2020–2023: Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences (major) and Islamic Studies (minor) at the University of Bern

Research interests

  • Critical Political Economy
  • Urban Studies
  • Gentrification in SWANA
  • Methodology of teaching foreign languages (university level) 
  • Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language

Current research

FDI-Driven Urban Development and Popular Legitimacy: Survey Evidence from Egypt, Jordan, and Morocco (Master thesis, under review)