Dr. Neha Vora
@nativeinformant
Anthropologist and qualitative researcher, Gulf and Indian Ocean studies, transnational migration, cats, jewelry, champagne, and shoes
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On September 14, 2025, the Sociology and Anthropology Program organized a seminar titled 'Microarchitectures of Care and Walking as Spatial Politics of Belonging in the UAE', presented by Dr. Neha Vora, Professor of Anthropology at the American University of Sharjah, UAE.
#podcast | The author of "Impossible Citizens: #Dubai's Indian Diaspora" and "Teach for Arabia: American Universities, Liberalism, and Transnational Qatar," Neha Vora on living in the #UAE, & the evolving diaspora dynamics in the Gulf. podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/the…
Author of "Impossible Citizens: Dubai's Indian Diaspora" @nativeinformant talks about the influence of South Asian communities in Dubai, the concept of citizenship beyond legal definitions, and the evolving diaspora dynamics in the Gulf. youtu.be/zsSkMUzK0Yw
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Dubai's South Asian Communities | Prof Neha Vora
'New Cartographies of Belonging and Exclusion in the United Arab Emirates' by Manal Nadeem and Neha Vora (2025) journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…
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New Cartographies of Belonging and Exclusion in the United Arab Emirates - Manal Nadeem, Neha Vora,...
This article explores how recent policies of inclusion and exclusion in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) might be impacting South Asian diasporic communities and ...
Are you a cat lover? Join us for a unique session with Dr. Neha Vora, Professor of Anthropology at the American University of Sharjah, as she explores how stray cat care in UAE cities opens up new ways of thinking about kinship, precarity, and belonging. Register here:…
Never forget that Columbia University invited Nazis to speak on campus in the 1930s and then expelled a student for leading the protest rally. They ruined his career and never apologized. Nothing has changed.
very happy to have @nativeinformant @ @guqatar to discuss how “looking down” towards neighborhood cats in the gulf can help us decolonize urbanism & reclaim public space, create solidarities across gender/class lines, but how they can also exacerbate these same identity markers🐈
I loved this essay by anthropologist Neha Vora, in case you haven’t seen it: allegralaboratory.net/the-cats-of-ga…
Congratulations once again to Amal Sachedina on winning the @AgapsOrg Biennial Book Award 2023! The commendation that @nativeinformant, @fanarhaddad and I wrote was published in vol. 13, no. 2, of the Journal of Arabian Studies. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
I wrote about Saudi Arabia’s ‘women’s empowerment’ narrative. Who does it benefit and who does it exclude? I show why we need a more emancipatory feminist politics that doesn’t just seek inclusion for some, but structural change. @jadaliyya jadaliyya.com/Details/46284
Huge thanks to @nativeinformant and the @jadaliyya editors. Thanks also to @pashukanist, Mira Al-Hussein, Adam Hanieh, Francesco Amoruso, and Jamal Abu-Eisheh for their thoughts and comments on earlier drafts.
AE 51.3 - Congrats to all our authors! 🎉🎉🎉 @DominicBoyer, Eli Elinoff, @ghazalfarrukhi, @Busnihoh, Peter Nyers, Kalpana Ram, Rebecca Bryant, Ayşe Çağlar, @sianlazar, @CastanedaHeide, @nativeinformant, Brian Walter, Emrah Karakuş, @ElanaResnick
Dr Neha Vora, a professor at the American University of Sharjah (AUS), has been exploring the sense of belonging among the diaspora in the country and has found that stray cats play a vital role. For her, one of the biggest takeaways from her ongoing study is the amount of…
The paper examines how Indian curriculum schools inculcate the UAE’s culture and national identity among its non-national student population. The paper is inspired by the scholarship of @nativeinformant, Natale Koch, and @hamdullahbaycar, who argue that nationalism is not the…
I’m thrilled to share my policy paper, ‘Teaching National Identity to Non-Nationals: Indian Curriculum Schools in the UAE,’ that I wrote for the Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research, Ras Al Khaimah. @AlQasimiFound publications.alqasimifoundation.com/en/teaching-na…
A quick reminder that Ed Yong and Donna Haraway will be in conversation next Fri 5/10 at Berkeley *and* via Zoom. They’ll be discussing their shared fascination with animals and writing. Spots may open up; please keep an eye out to attend in person. Otherwise, join via Zoom:
I’m here at the White House. Would it make a difference? I don’t know but I’m trying my best even if my work was always behind the cameras. It’s not about me anymore, it’s about stopping this genocide by whatever it costs. Don’t forget you all to keep calling for a ceasefire…
| End of year reads | In August, Neha Vora gave up her coveted role as a tenured professor in a US liberal arts college for a job at a university in the Middle East. She’s not alone. Why are scholars moving to the Gulf? @teayaha reports. timeshighereducation.com/world-universi… #THEArab
#CfP #GradStudents #GulfStudies PhD students working on the Gulf - check out this great opportunity to engage with senior scholars working on the region! cc @TheNakhoda @LalehKhalili @GulfExeter @GerdDoha @tsalrashoud @marcowenjones @nativeinformant
Ph.D. students! The AGAPS 2024 Graduate Student Workshop is scheduled for 8-9 June. Applications for the workshop are due on 15 February 2024, and all disciplines are encouraged to apply. For more information, visit agaps.org/call-for-agaps… or email [email protected]
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