​​Sanaa​ Alim​i​​​a ​

Sanaa Alimia ​is a scholar of Politics and International Relations with a specialist focus on migration, urban studies, and surveillance in the global South. Holding a PhD from SOAS, Alimia has alsoheld positions at the Department of Political Science, University of Peshawar, Berlin Graduate School of Muslim Cultures and Soci​eties, Freie Universität, Berlin and Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin. Alimia has held research grants with the Dahlem Research School (Berlin) and the British Academy/Leverhulme Trust.

Alongside academic publications, Alimia regularly writes in the media and acts as a expert consultant in the international policy sector. She part of the editorial collective at Red Pepper magazine. Her book Refugee Cities: How Afghans Changed Pakistan (Penn Press 2022/Folio 2024) won the 2024 Bloomsbury Pakistan Book Award.

Research inte​​​res​​ts


  • Afghanistan

  • Pakistan

  • Geopolitics

  • Migration

  • Surveillance

  • Urban Studies


Selected p​ublicatio​​ns


  • Alimia, S. (2024). Refugee Cities: How Afghans Changed Urban Pakistan. University of Pennsylvania Press/Folio Books.
  • Alimia, S. (2024). Water, climate, and refuge across Afghanistan and the sub-region. Asia Displacement Solutions Platform.
  • Alimia, S. (2019). Performing the Afghanistan–Pakistan border through refugee ID cards. Geopolitics, 24(2), 391-425.
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Personal link​​s​


Cont​​act​​​​​

sanaa.alimia@aku.edu

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