Ahmed Y. AlMaazmi

Ahmed Yaqoub AlMaazmi studies overland and transoceanic movements of practices, institutions, ideas, commodities, and people across the Omani seaborne empire. He aims to examine the intersection of environment, mobility, colonialism, and transcultural networks within and between the Indo-Iranian Borderlands, the Arabian Peninsula, and East Africa as integral nodes of the Indian Ocean World.

Born and raised in Sharjah, Ahmed graduated from Zayed University with a B.A. (Hons) in international studies. After interning with the United Nations World Food Programme and studying cultural anthropology at Rutgers University as a Fulbright fellow, he enrolled at Princeton University to pursue a doctorate in the Department of Near Eastern Studies.

Apart from his graduate academic interests, Ahmed developed an eclectic range of curiosities over the years that include: Arabic and Iranian linguistics; early and medieval Islamic theology and history; Arabic, Persian, Balochi, Brahui, Sindhi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu, Pashto, Kurdish, and Swahili literatures; ethnic and cultural studies; folk music; culinary and gardening arts; youth culture in the United Arab Emirates and Oman.