Ana Belén Soage (en-US)
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ANA BELÉN SOAGE ANTEPAZO

Professor of International Relations, with a focus in the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa). 

     

 

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

  • BA (Hons) Politics (2:1) (London Metropolitan University)
  • Trinity College London TESOL Diploma (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages diploma),  Oxford House College (London)
  • Translation and Interpreting Degree (Magna cum laude) -  French Universidad de Granada & Université Toulouse Le Mirail
  • DEA in “Arab and Hebrew cultures: Past and present” University of Granada (Scholarship student)
  • SEEA Prize for young researchers Awarded by the SEEA (Spanish Society of Arab Studies)
  • European PhD (Magna cum laude) in Middle East Studies Universidad de Granada & American University in Cairo

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Lecturer in Spanish (Ain Shams University, Cairo)
  • Researcher and assistant lecturer in Politics (American University in Cairo)
  • Lecturer in International Relations, in English (IES Abroad, Granada)
  • Post-doctoral researcher - Erasmus Mundus programme (Université Hassan II, Casablanca)
  • English teacher (Schools and academies in France, Spain, Syria, Egypt & Yemen)
  • Translator & interpreter - Spanish, English, Arabic & French
  • Senior analyst (Wikistrat)
  • MENA researcher (Oliver Wyman, Madrid)
  • Middle East analyst (Tek-Tank, Spanish Ministry of the Interior subcontractor)
  • Professor at MIB, MHR, EMBA, in English/Spanish (EAE Business School, Madrid)
  • Professor in Politics, in English (Suffolk University, Madrid campus)
  • Professor in International Relations, in English (Marbella International University Centre)
  • Member of the editorial team, 'Religion Compass'
  • Member of the editorial team, 'Politics, Religion & Ideology'
  • Professor in International Relations, in English (Universidad Pontificia de Comillas, Madrid)
  • Data research analyst, Morningstar

 

PUBLICATIONS

  • SOAGE, A. (2023). Human Impact on the Environment and the Increased Likelihood of Pandemics. En A. Akilli (Ed.), Diplomacy and Society: International Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic (pp. XX-XX). Routledge.
  • SOAGE, A. (2022). Al-Adl wa-l-Ihsan. Encyclopedia of Islam (3ª ed.).
  • SOAGE, A. (2022). La ‘gig economy’ y las plataformas digitales: ¿utopía o distopía? En E. Dittmar (Ed.), Retos y oportunidades para la empresa del siglo XXI (pp. 205-224). Pamplona: Aranzadi.
  • SOAGE, A. (2020). The conservative-resistance camp: The Axis of Resistance. En P. O. Amour (Ed.), The Regional Order in the Gulf Region and the Middle East: Regional Rivalries and Security Alliances (pp. 95-129). Palgrave Macmillan.
  • SOAGE, A. (2020). An overview of Islamic finance: History, instruments, prospects. Journal of the Sociology and Theory of Religion, 9(1), 60-81.
  • SOAGE, A. (2018). Iraq and Yemen: The new Iranian proxies? Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos.
  • SOAGE, A. (2018). The Gulf Cooperation Council, Iran, and the limits to integration. Orient, 59(2), 47-54.
  • SOAGE, A. (2017). Islamism in the Middle East Sectarian Conflict. Middle East Institute.
  • SOAGE, A. (2017). What is really behind the Saudi-Iranian cold war? Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos, 71/2017.
  • SOAGE, A. (2015). Saudi Arabia: A Regional Power Facing Increasing Challenges. Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos, 133, 1-10.
  • SOAGE, A. (2014). Shūrà and Democracy: Two Sides of the Same Coin? Religion Compass, 8(3), 90-103.
  • SOAGE, A. (2013). Political Islam in Morocco: Is there an ‘exception marocaine’? Middle East Review of International Affairs, 17(3), 1-8.
  • SOAGE, A., & Fishman, J. E. (2013). The Nation of Islam and the Muslim World: Theologically Divorced and Politically United. Religion Compass, 7(2), 59-68.
  • SOAGE, A. (2010). Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi: A Moderate Voice from the Muslim World? Religion Compass, 4(9), 563-575.
  • SOAGE, A. (2009). Introduction to Political Islam. Religion Compass, 3(5), 887-896.
  • SOAGE, A. (2009). Islamism and Modernity: The Political Thought of Sayyid Qutb. Totalitarian Movements & Political Religions, 10(2), 189-203.
  • SOAGE, A. (2009). Hasan al-Banna and Sayyid Qutb: Continuity or Rupture? The Muslim World, 99(2), 294-311.
  • SOAGE, A. (2008). Shaykh Yusuf al-Qaradawi: Portrait of a leading Islamist cleric. Middle East Review of International Affairs, 12(1), 51-69.
  • SOAGE, A. (2008). Hasan al-Banna or the politicisation of Islam. Totalitarian Movements & Political Religions, 9(1), 21-42.
  • SOAGE, A. (2008). Rashid Rida’s legacy. The Muslim World, 98(1), 1-23.
  • SOAGE, A. (2007). Aproximación a la figura del activista egipcio Farag Foda, mártir del laicismo. Entelequia. Revista interdisciplinar, 5, 309-317.
  • SOAGE, A. (2007). An Egyptian dissident's fate: Faraj Fawda, or the cost of freedom of expression. Middle East Review of International Affairs, 11(2), 26-33.
  • SOAGE, A. (2007). The Muslim reaction to Pope Benedict XVI’s Regensburg address. Totalitarian Movements & Political Religions, 8(1), 137-143.
  • SOAGE, A. (2006). The Danish caricatures seen from the Arab world. Totalitarian Movements & Political Religions, 7(3), 363-369.
  • SOAGE, A. (2006). Bin Laden speaks: Analysis of Osama bin Laden’s messages to Westerners. Muslim Public Affairs Journal, 2, 21-37.
  • SOAGE, A. (2006). La Teoría del Discurso de la Escuela de Essex en su contexto teórico. Círculo de Lingüística Aplicada a la Comunicación, 25, 45-61.
  • SOAGE, A. (2005). An Arab Perspective on Islamic terrorism: Al-Shari‘a wa-l-Hayat. Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions, 6(2), 299-307.