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رويدا (Ruwaida)
a gentle breeze; a reminder to move through life with patience.
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I am a PhD student at EHESS, affiliated with the Paris School of Economics (PSE). My doctoral research is supervised by Thomas Piketty (PSE-EHESS) and Mohamed Saleh (LSE).
I am also Co-director and Head of Data at the World Inequality Lab, where I contribute to projects aimed at deepening our understanding of global economic inequalities and informing policy solutions.
My research interests lie in historical political economy, land inequality, and the Middle East. I study the long-run evolution of wealth and political concentration in Egypt over the last two centuries. My dissertation looks more closely at the 1952 Revolution, which ended the monarchy and established the Arab Republic of Egypt, examining the effects of its land reform on land inequality and political power.
In Spring 2025, I completed a research visit at the London School of Economics (LSE) from February to May. Prior to that, I conducted a research stay at the Economic History Department of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) from March to May 2024.
Research
Research
Work in-progress
Work in-progress
A Century of Land Inequality in Egypt: Concentration, Land Reform, and Counter-Reform (1896-2020)
A Century of Land Inequality in Egypt: Concentration, Land Reform, and Counter-Reform (1896-2020)
Working Paper (under a different name)
Redistribution Without Inclusion? Land Reform and Political Turnover in Egypt (1936-1976)
Redistribution Without Inclusion? Land Reform and Political Turnover in Egypt (1936-1976)
Co-authored with Mohamed Saleh and Allison Hartnett
Outlasting the Regime: Parliamentary Dynasties and Elite Persistence in Egypt, 1824–2020
Outlasting the Regime: Parliamentary Dynasties and Elite Persistence in Egypt, 1824–2020
Co-authored with Mohamed Saleh
Co-authored with Piketty et al.
Work at the World Inequality Lab
Work at the World Inequality Lab
Global Justice Report: A Plan for Equality & Prosperity Within Planetary Boundaries, 2026
I have also contributed to Technical notes and issue briefs behind WID.world (Check here).
Other Publications
Other Publications
The Middle East and North Africa Gap: Prosperity for the Rich, Austerity for the Rest - Oxfam International, October 5, 2023 (with Alexandros Kentikelenis, Sahar Mechmech, Amine Bouzaiene, and Nabil Abdo)
Seminars and Conferences
Seminars and Conferences
2026
Jun 2026 — Africa Meeting of the Econometric Society (AFES), American University in Cairo, Egypt
June 2026 — World Inequality Conference, Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
Apr 2026 — Economic History Society (EHS) Annual Conference, London School of Economics, London, UK
2025
Dec 2025 — Applied Economics Seminar, Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
Nov 2025 — Global Dynamics Seminar, New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE
Jun 2025 — History of Capitalism Summer School, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Apr 2025 — LSE–PSE Workshop, Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
2024
Nov 2024 — CAP-HIST Workshop, Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
Oct 2024 — Economic History Seminar, University of Mannheim, Germany
Jun 2024 — Economic History Seminar, Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
May 2024 — Women in Macroeconomics, Finance and Economic History (WIMFEH) Workshop, DIW Berlin, Germany
Apr 2024 — Economic History Seminar, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
2023
Sep 2023 — Applied Economics Seminar, Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
2022
Jun 2022 — Atelier Simiand (Economic History Workshop), Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
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