Manal Shehabi 马梦真

PhD economist, academic, policy advisor, polyglot, humanist. Work on energy, economic, climate sustainability; MENA. @BlavatnikSchool, SHEER R&A🌎🧘🏼‍♀️🥊✈️

[Manal Shehabi 马梦真 @ManalShehabi]

The #GlobalNorth is alienating the #GlobalSouth before COP28 even starts! Dismissing @COP28_UAE because its host is an #oil producer is hypocritical & dangerous for #ClimateAction & justice. My piece in
@ForeignPolicy
https://t.co/w2QC2rcXcB…
#energy @FAMESOx @BlavatnikSchool

[Gregg Carlstrom @glcarlstrom]

"Nearly 1m, about a fifth of Lebanon's population, remain displaced more than a month and a half after the ceasefire that nominally halted the conflict. For Lebanon's leaders and its people, the vast displacement has begun to look less like a temporary emergency than something more permanent." https://t.co/LE9Gd1O10h

[Arab Center Washington DC @ArabCenterDC]

📄 Damage from attacks on #Gulf water facilities has been limited so far, but ongoing conflict may still cause a major water crisis across the region.
Read more 👇

https://t.co/ZHlzyStQee

[Manal Shehabi 马梦真 @ManalShehabi]

I discuss some of these challenges and the dangers of attacking #water desalination plants in the Gulf during the #IranWar‌ in my recent paper published by the @ArabCenterDC.
Read it here: https://t.co/GAHjPWZ3R3
#energy #Hormuz #Sustainability

[Manal Shehabi 马梦真 @ManalShehabi]

The #MENA runs on desalinated #water, but at what cost? I joined @TatianaF24 of @France24_ar for this important episode unpacking the unsustainability of desalination esp in the Gulf & impacts of #IranWar on it.
📷Watch: https://t.co/3zDPxcmS5E
#energy @INETOxford @ArabCenterDC

[Arab Center Washington DC @ArabCenterDC]

📄 A new round of #US-Israel escalation could trigger an even harsher Iranian response, potentially damaging #GCC desalination plants. In this scenario, humanitarian crises would soon engulf the region.
Read more 👇

https://t.co/ZHlzyStQee

[Arab Center Washington DC @ArabCenterDC]

📄 As an essential part of water infrastructure, desalination plants are not legitimate military targets. All parties in the current war, #Iran, #Israel, and the United States, should exercise restraint and respect international law.
Read more 👇

https://t.co/ZHlzyStQee

[Arab Center Washington DC @ArabCenterDC]

Join us for a discussion on Lebanon’s fragile ceasefire and the questions of sovereignty, deterrence, security, and recovery shaping the country’s post-ceasefire prospects.
📅 May 6, 2026 | ⏰ 10:00 AM–11:30 AM ET | 💻 Via Zoom

To learn more visit: https://t.co/7EIMcoULoG

[Arab Center Washington DC @ArabCenterDC]

📄 A new round of #US-#Israel escalation could trigger an even harsher Iranian response, potentially damaging #GCC desalination plants. In this scenario, humanitarian crises would soon engulf the region.
Read more 👇

https://t.co/ZHlzyStQee

[Manal Shehabi 马梦真 @ManalShehabi]

And received Bahraini citizenship too, according to @Talkhedher’s tweet!

[Kristin Diwan @kdiwaniya]

A former Kuwait diplomat in the UK whose citizenship was revoked has been appointed advisor to Bahrain MOFA.

[Arab Center Washington DC @ArabCenterDC]

📄 Protecting water infrastructure requires #US-#Iran dialogue and genuine negotiations. As the most directly affected parties, the #GCC and #Iran should undertake diplomatic engagements despite mutual distrust.
Read more 👇

https://t.co/ZHlzyStQee

[Manal Shehabi 马梦真 @ManalShehabi]

Attacks on #Gulf desalination plants can risk a humanitarian crisis affecting ~72M people in #SaudiArabia, #UAE, #Qatar, #Kuwait, #Bahrain, #Oman, & #Iran, w/ impacts beyond the region.
#Water infrastructure must be a red line!

Read my piece👉🏻https://t.co/GAHjPWZ3R3
#IranWar‌

[Arab Center Washington DC @ArabCenterDC]

📄 Manal Shehabi argues that attacks on #Gulf desalination plants risk a rapid humanitarian water crisis given the region’s heavy dependence on desalination. Further attacks could trigger a cascade of economic and humanitarian disruption, making it an urgent imperative to protect water infrastructure.
Read more 👇

https://t.co/O209AQrUt2

[karamnama كرم نعمة @karamnama2]

الزميلة @ManalShehabi تحذر " نحن لا نشرب النفط وانما نشرب الماء الذي يشح وتدمر منشآت تحلية المياه في #الخليج_العربي، وتكتب: من لا تقتصر آثار الحرب الإيرانية على إلحاق الضرر بإمدادات المياه وعمليات تحلية المياه في الخليج فحسب، بل إن أي خلل في محطات التحلية هناك قد يتسبب في أزمة إنسانية قد تحرم ما يصل إلى 73 مليون شخص من الحصول على المياه. وتُعد محطات التحلية نفسها الأكثر عرضة للهجمات المباشرة، كما أنها عرضة للتعطل نتيجة الضربات الجوية على محطات توليد الطاقة المجاورة، وتلوث مصادر المياه، والهجمات الإلكترونية.

[Arab Center Washington DC @ArabCenterDC]

📄 Manal Shehabi argues that attacks on #Gulf desalination plants risk a rapid humanitarian water crisis given the region’s heavy dependence on desalination. Further attacks could trigger a cascade of economic and humanitarian disruption, making it an urgent imperative to protect water infrastructure.
Read more 👇

https://t.co/O209AQrUt2

[Manal Shehabi 马梦真 @ManalShehabi]

Int’l attention on #IranWar‌ has focused on the Strait of #Hormuz, neglecting a more vital resource #water.
#Gulf desalination plants are tied to national security & regional stability & attacks on them risk a humanitarian crisis for ~73M people. Read my 1st @ArabCenterDC piece👇🏻

[Arab Center Washington DC @ArabCenterDC]

📄 Manal Shehabi argues that attacks on #Gulf desalination plants risk a rapid humanitarian water crisis given the region’s heavy dependence on desalination. Further attacks could trigger a cascade of economic and humanitarian disruption, making it an urgent imperative to protect water infrastructure.
Read more 👇

https://t.co/O209AQrUt2

[Manal Shehabi 马梦真 @ManalShehabi]

@DrAishaAlSarihi @ArabCenterDC شكراً يا عائشة يبارك فيك 🙏🏻🌺

[Dr. Nicolai Due-Gundersen @NicolaiofArabia]

Two days until @BloomsburyPol #Covidocracy is out in paperback and hardback. Pandemics don’t just kill people, they reshape power

How do #pandemics affect your #democracy?
Why do some governments gain control while others lose it?
#Trump #China #SaudiArabia

https://t.co/vbV0sd3Q6a

[Manal Shehabi 马梦真 @ManalShehabi]

UAE exiting #OPEC/OPEC+ has been on the horizon for a while, but the #IranWar‌ has accelerated it w/ Strait of #Hormuz's effective closure & ensuing #oil shocks. The exit signals #UAE is reassessing its economic resilience & seeking oil production flexibility.@HESuhail @BeckyCNN

[Becky Anderson @BeckyCNN]

The UAE is exiting OPEC and OPEC+ within days. UAE Energy Minister @HESuhail tells me “the timing is right.” My conversation with him here in thread: (1/5)

[Manal Shehabi 马梦真 @ManalShehabi]

Delighted to join @ArabCenterDC as a Non-Resident Senior Fellow!

Excited to work with its fantastic team and contribute to its critical conversations and analyses, especially at such a consequential moment.
If you don’t already, follow @ArabCenterDC to stay tuned.

@INETOxford

[Arab Center Washington DC @ArabCenterDC]

Arab Center Washington DC is pleased to announce that @ManalShehabi has joined our team as a Non-resident Senior Fellow.

Dr. Manal Shehabi is an Oxford-based applied development economist with globally recognized expertise in development and political economy at the intersection of energy, economic, climate, and resource sustainability. She is a Senior Research Fellow at Oxford’s Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), and Senior Associate and Seminar Leader (for Economics for Public Policy) at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.

[Manal Shehabi 马梦真 @ManalShehabi]

The #Iran war is harming the #MiddleEast on every front-lives, #health, economies, #climate & #energy. That raises the stakes for a #JustTransition. Understanding tradeoffs is critical to designing policy solutions to navigate them & advance MENA. See my keynote⬇️ for details

[Manal Shehabi 马梦真 @ManalShehabi]

In Jan 2026, I delivered a keynote lecture at @KAUST on navigating #economic & #climate tradeoffs toward a just #energytransition in #MENA to >500 gradstudents, staff & community members. How can MENA sustain econ development while decarbonising?
🖥️Watch: https://t.co/u5iwFRAhIx

[Manal Shehabi 马梦真 @ManalShehabi]

In Jan 2026, I delivered a keynote lecture at @KAUST on navigating #economic & #climate tradeoffs toward a just #energytransition in #MENA to >500 gradstudents, staff & community members. How can MENA sustain econ development while decarbonising?
🖥️Watch: https://t.co/u5iwFRAhIx