缅北禁地

I am a Lecturer in Political Geography here at 缅北禁地. My research interests are varied, with an interdisciplinary focus on politics, aesthetics and geography in the ‘Middle East’. I joined GPS at 缅北禁地 as a Postdoctoral Research Associate on the War and Geos project, led by Dr Mark Griffiths. Prior to that I was an Early Career Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study at the University of Warwick, where I also gained my PhD in Politics and International Studies.

I currently teach on the following modules

Undergraduate:

GEO3102 Geopolitics

GEO2047 Political Geography

GEO1001 Becoming a Geographer

GEO2140 Research Design and Planning for Human Geographers

GEO2232 City of Crisis, City of Hope: Amsterdam field course

GEO3166 Geographies of Global South Cities

Postgraduate

GEO8028 Political Geographies of the Middle East (Module Leader)

• Articles

  • El-Shewy M. . Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space 2026, (ePub ahead of Print).
  • Rubaii K, El-Shewy M, Griffiths M. . Political Geography 2025, 123, 103425.
  • El-Shewy M, Griffiths M, Jones C. . Antipode 2025, 57(1), 75-95.
  • El-Shewy M. The spatial politics of street art in post-revolution Egypt. Journal of Urban Cultural Studies 2020, 7(2&3), 263-280.

• Editorials

  • Abuawad A, Griffiths M, Edwards G, Eftekhari A, Al-Ebweini M, Al-Najar H, Butmeh A, Abu Dayyeh R, El-Shewy M, Aker A. . American Journal of Public Health 2025, 115(7), 1053-1061.
  • Griffiths M, El-Shewy M. . The Conversation 2025.