Zineb Riboua

Research Fellow and Program Manager, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

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Zineb Riboua is a research fellow and program manager of Hudson Institute’s Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East.

Biography

Zineb Riboua is a research fellow and program manager of Hudson Institute’s Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East. She specializes in Chinese and Russian involvement in the Middle East, the Sahel, and North Africa, great power competition in the region, and Israeli-Arab relations.

Prior to joining Hudson Institute, Ms. Riboua was a research assistant at the Center for Jewish Civilization at Georgetown University, where she worked on Jewish identity in Morocco, Moroccan-Israeli relations, and the cultural impacts of the Abraham Accords. 

Ms. Riboua’s pieces and commentary have been published in the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, the National Interest, the Jerusalem Post, Tablet, and other outlets.

Ms. Riboua is an associate at the Association for Global Political Thought at Harvard University and a member of Tikvah Fund’s Young Professional Advisory Council.

Ms. Riboua holds a master’s of public policy from the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University and a certificate in international relations and politics from Magdalene College, Cambridge University. She did her undergraduate studies in France, where she attended French preparatory classes and HEC Paris’ Grande Ecole program. Ms. Riboua is a native of Morocco, and she speaks Arabic and French.

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November 2024
Past Event
What the US Election Means for the Middle East
Featured Speakers:
Gabriel Scheinmann
Michael Doran
Moderator:
Zineb Riboua
The flag of the United States is projected on the wall of Jerusalem's Old City on December 6, 2017, in Jerusalem, Israel. (Lior Mizrahi via Getty Images)
01
November 2024
Past Event
What the US Election Means for the Middle East

For a discussion of these questions, join Research Fellow Zineb Riboua, Senior Fellow Michael Doran, and Executive Director of the Alexander Hamilton Society Gabriel Scheinmann.

The flag of the United States is projected on the wall of Jerusalem's Old City on December 6, 2017, in Jerusalem, Israel. (Lior Mizrahi via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Gabriel Scheinmann
Michael Doran
Moderator:
Zineb Riboua
17
October 2024
Past Event
Africa in the New Cold War
Featured Speakers:
Joshua Meservey
Cameron Hudson
Aaron Zelin
Moderator:
Zineb Riboua
Somali National Army soldiers graduate from a basic training course led by US Navy Seals on August 3, 2023, in Baledogle, Somalia. (Jonathan Torgovnik via Getty Images)
17
October 2024
Past Event
Africa in the New Cold War

Join Hudson for an expert discussion on these critical issues.

Somali National Army soldiers graduate from a basic training course led by US Navy Seals on August 3, 2023, in Baledogle, Somalia. (Jonathan Torgovnik via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Joshua Meservey
Cameron Hudson
Aaron Zelin
Moderator:
Zineb Riboua
04
October 2024
Past Event
October 7 One Year Later
Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
Zineb Riboua
A damaged building near the border of Gaza and Israel on October 22, 2023, in the aftermath of the Hamas terror attack on October 7. (Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images)
04
October 2024
Past Event
October 7 One Year Later

Join Zineb Riboua and Michael Doran of Hudson’s Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East for a discussion on these questions.

A damaged building near the border of Gaza and Israel on October 22, 2023, in the aftermath of the Hamas terror attack on October 7. (Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
Zineb Riboua
06
September 2024
Past Event
Geopolitical Implications of the Crisis between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Somalia
Featured Speakers:
Joshua Meservey
James Barnett
Mariam Wahba
Zineb Riboua
A member of the Ethiopian National Defense Force salutes during the 116th celebration of Ethiopian National Defense Force in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on October 26, 2023. (Photo by Amanuel Sileshi/AFP via Getty Images)
06
September 2024
Past Event
Geopolitical Implications of the Crisis between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Somalia

What are the origins of these conflicts? What are their geostrategic implications? And how does stability in the Horn of Africa affect American policy in the broader region? Join Hudson for an expert panel discussion on these questions.

A member of the Ethiopian National Defense Force salutes during the 116th celebration of Ethiopian National Defense Force in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on October 26, 2023. (Photo by Amanuel Sileshi/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Joshua Meservey
James Barnett
Mariam Wahba
Zineb Riboua
06
September 2024
Past Event
How Foreign Adversaries Infiltrate US Campuses
Featured Speakers:
Zineb Riboua
Nate Sibley
Casey Michel
Ellen Bork
The Alma Mater sculpture at Columbia University in New York City. (Getty Images)
06
September 2024
Past Event
How Foreign Adversaries Infiltrate US Campuses

Join Hudson for a discussion on what American policymakers can do to protect the integrity of US institutions and prevent foreign adversaries from spreading malign influence within America’s academic, cultural, and political life.

The Alma Mater sculpture at Columbia University in New York City. (Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Zineb Riboua
Nate Sibley
Casey Michel
Ellen Bork
21
June 2024
Past Event
What China’s Middle East Policy Means for the US and Israel
Featured Speakers:
John Lee
Tuvia Gering
Moderator:
Zineb Riboua
Wang Yi speaks at a press conference on May 30, 2024, in Beijing, China. (Photo by Wang Zhao-Pool/Getty Images)
21
June 2024
Past Event
What China’s Middle East Policy Means for the US and Israel

To discuss China’s ambitions in the Middle East, Beijing’s position in the Israel-Hamas conflict, and what this all means for American interests in the region, Hudson’s Zineb Riboua hosts a discussion with Senior Fellow John Lee and Atlantic Council Nonresident Fellow Tuvia Gering.

Wang Yi speaks at a press conference on May 30, 2024, in Beijing, China. (Photo by Wang Zhao-Pool/Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
John Lee
Tuvia Gering
Moderator:
Zineb Riboua
14
March 2024
Past Event
The Future of US-Israel Relations
Featured Speakers:
Elliott Abrams
Jonathan Silver
Michael Doran
Moderator:
Zineb Riboua
A unit of Israeli soldiers returns to the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip on January 28, 2024. (Photo by Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images)
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March 2024
Past Event
The Future of US-Israel Relations

Michael Doran,  Jonathan Silver, and Elliott Abrams will discuss Israel’s foreign and domestic policies since the October 7 massacre, the Biden administration’s Middle East policy and its impacts, and the rise of anti-Zionism in the US.

A unit of Israeli soldiers returns to the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip on January 28, 2024. (Photo by Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Elliott Abrams
Jonathan Silver
Michael Doran
Moderator:
Zineb Riboua
Russia's President Putin and Burkina Faso's interim military president Traoré can be seen together on a poster with the slogan "Support for the transition" in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on March 5, 2024. (Christina Peters/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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Russia's President Putin and Burkina Faso's interim military president Traoré can be seen together on a poster with the slogan "Support for the transition" in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on March 5, 2024. (Christina Peters/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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A vehicle of the Presidential Guard of Niger attends the first summit of the Confederation of Sahel States in Niamey, Niger, on July 6, 2024. (Boureima Hama/AFP via Getty Images)
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A vehicle of the Presidential Guard of Niger attends the first summit of the Confederation of Sahel States in Niamey, Niger, on July 6, 2024. (Boureima Hama/AFP via Getty Images)
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Armed rebels of the Iran-backed Houthi militia ride a pick-up truck during a demonstration against the USA and Israel amid growing tensions between the USA and the Houthis following the latter's several operations in the Red Sea on January 29, 2024, in Sanaa, Yemen. (Osamah Yahya via Getty Images)
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Armed rebels of the Iran-backed Houthi militia ride a pick-up truck during a demonstration against the United States and Israel on January 29, 2024, in Sanaa, Yemen. (Osamah Yahya via Getty Images)
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Commentary
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