Abeer Almahdi

Abeer Almahdi is an Egyptian-Syrian creative and researcher based in London. She’s a recent MA from McGill University, currently completing a law conversion program at SOAS, University of London. Through her MA thesis, titled “Meilleur Souvenir!”: Cultural Mythologies of Egyptian Womanhood in the Colonial Postcard,” she built an archive of colonial postcard photography to analyse these images in relation to colonial cultural mythologies.

Her research interests include colonial popular culture, the production of colonial cultural mythologies in relation to images, and the instrumentalisation of Egyptian antiquity during European colonisation/imperialism. Abeer is particularly passionate about discussions on artefact repatriation, reforming antiquities laws, tackling the black market for antiquities, and decolonising museums.

Abeer’s research approach is inherently multidisciplinary, inspired by her professional experiences in journalism, research, equity education, and her creative pursuits in visual arts and photography. Therefore, Abeer primarily considers herself a storyteller, passionate about decolonising knowledge production and making research more accessible.