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An interview with Natasha Iskander, professor of Urban Planning and Public Service at New York University, is presented. Topics include substantial scholarship highlighting bias in the measurement of skill, by gender or race or social categories; and how the politics of labor were different in a place that was the opposite of the typical migration story in Qatari nationals.

The article discusses decline in conditions for academics across the Middle East. It mentions no precise figures concerning the extent of academic displacement, dislocation and disruption. It reveals that in response to the alarming increase in the numbers of scholars and academics from the region forced out of their home institutions, the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Global Academy initiative was developed in 2016.