Faiqa Mahmood is a researcher at the Institute of Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU), whose efforts have been instrumental on the Reimagining Muslim Spaces (RMS) study. Ms. Mahmood has also conducted research for think tanks in Egypt and Lebanon. Her writings have appeared in Foreign Policy‘s South Asia Channel, Harvard Kennedy School Journal of Middle Eastern Politics and Policy, Yale Journal of International Affairs, Georgetown Security Studies Review, The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, and Pakistan Review of International Law and Human Rights, among others.
Ms. Mahmood graduated from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy with a focus on International Security Studies and the Islamic Civilization. At Fletcher, Ms. Mahmood was the co-Chief Editor of Al Nakhlah, Fletcher’s journal on the Islamic Civilization, and co-leader of the Fletcher Islamic Society.
Ms. Mahmood earned her Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of London’s International Program in Pakistan, and the Bar Practitioner Training Course (BPTC) at City Law School, City University, London. She is a licensed attorney at the Islamabad High Court, Pakistan and has been called to the Bar of England and Wales.
