Alexander Feltes

Alexander C. Feltes is an MA candidate in Islamic Studies at Columbia University. He graduated from the University of Zurich, Switzerland with a degree in Political Science and Islamic Studies. During his undergraduate studies, he spent a semester abroad at the American University of Beirut.

His research interests include agriculture in the Arab World, Islamic philosophy, and Arab diasporas in North America and Europe. He is especially interested in how exiled political actors and movements organize themselves and shape diasporic communities in their host countries.