Abid Zaidi is an Editorial Intern at TIMEP. He holds a BSc from LSE in Politics and Economics, and is a current candidate for the MPhil in Modern Middle Eastern Studies at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford. Abid’s current interests are in the political economy of the Persian Gulf, Iranian domestic and foreign policy, and transnational Shi'i activism across the Middle East, particularly in Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq (the topic of his master’s thesis). He has strong previous experience editing and researching in both academic and professional settings.