She received an MA in Translation Studies in the Arabic Israeli conflict from Salford University. Her Doctorate degree is from University College London where she researched the impact of neoliberalism on Qatar’s language policy and language planning. Her research interests include language policies with particular reference to relationships between national identity and discourse, the marketization of higher education, neoliberalism, translation in conflicts, discourse analysis and virtual ethnography. She tweets under @HadeelAlkateeb.