Sami Daoud

Sami Daoud is a historian and researcher currently pursuing his PhD at Nantes University, France. His doctoral thesis, titled "War and Borders as a Laboratory for Kurdish Identity in Iraq (1958–1975)," explores the intricate construction of identity amidst conflict. He is a resident researcher at the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Ange Guépin in Nantes. Daoud holds a Master’s degree with a thesis focused on "The History of Hate in Syria (1930–1970)". With extensive expertise in Middle Eastern political history, he previously served as the Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Kurdistan (Iraq) and as Editor-in-Chief of the cultural magazine Galawej Al-Arabi. His research focuses on state-building, secularism, and the privatization of violence. A prolific author on identity and "the Other," his work has appeared in prominent international platforms such as Orient XXI, The Arab Reform Initiative, and Al-Ahram Democracy Review. He is a multilingual scholar proficient in Kurdish, Arabic, French, Persian, and English.