Nadia Al-Ani

Nadia Al-Ani is a junior at the University of Southern California, double majoring in International Relations and Philosophy, Politics, and Law. She is passionate about human rights, refugee advocacy, and resistance to colonial and neocolonial structures, particularly across the Global South. Her academic work is informed by her identity as an Arab and an Iraqi, and she is especially interested in the narratives that emerge from communities affected by mass displacement and systemic violence. Nadia is conducting research on the Armenian Genocide and its enduring impact on the Armenian diaspora in Iraq and the broader Arab world. Her project draws on survivor and descendant testimonies from the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive to explore questions of memory, intergenerational trauma, and identity formation. By focusing on a region often marginalized in dominant narratives of genocide memory, she aims to amplify understudied voices and contribute to a more inclusive understanding of post-genocide diasporas. Beyond her academic work, Nadia has interned with Global Lawyers for Refugees, where she supported legal advocacy for South Asian asylum seekers, and she currently contributes to the National Civic League’s democracy research team. She also writes for Glimpse from the Globe and GPI at USC, where she focuses on issues of justice, identity, and global policy.