Hatim Rachdi (he/him) is a PhD student in Anthropology and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Yale University. He holds an MA in Women, Society, and Development from HBKU, where he conducted ethnographic research on homemaking practices and community formations among queer refugees from SWANA in Athens, Greece. He earned a BA in Communication from Northwestern University in Qatar.

As a Digital Editorial Fellow at Political and Legal Anthropology Review, Rachdi curates the series “Queer Longings and Belongings with/in Tamazgha,” which critiques cis-heteronormative paradigms by exploring queer attachments to Tamazgha and resistance to colonial legacies. His PhD research examines Amazigh indigeneity in Morocco, focusing on the intersections of gender, sexuality, affect, and state repression. Rachdi is dedicated to feminist, ethnographically informed scholarship and activism, particularly regarding indigenous and queer communities in SWANA. His academic work appears in the journal of Communication, Culture, and Critique, Global LGBTQ Activism, and the International Journal of Sports Communication. Twitter/X: @Timrachdi

Indigenous studies; Queer studies: SWANA; Coloniality; Sovereignty, Gender/Sexuality; Feminist ethnography; Borders; Politics; Embodiment; Affect