Maria Elizabeth Joseph
Ms. Maria Elizabeth Joseph, Assistant Director at Ananta Aspen
Centre. She holds a Master’s degree in Middle Eastern Studies from Tel Aviv University and was a recipient of
the Middle East Studies Thesis Grant for her comparative historical work on Iran’s policy towards the Baluch and
Kurds.
She writes on the Middle East and her chapter “The Arab Spring and Sunni Extremism among Sunni Minorities in
Iran,” edited by MD. Muddassir Quamar in Politics of Change in Middle East and North Africa Since Arab Spring
was published by Routledge in 2023. She has a working knowledge of Arabic and is currently studying Persian
and Urdu.