She is an Associated Professor at the History Division from CIDE. As a researcher —Level I from the National Researchers system— she specializes in social and urban anthropology, nationalism and transnationalism, MENA-LA relations and migration.
She has collaborated in several publications, such as Más allá del Medio Oriente: las diásporas judía y árabe en América Latina (Universidad de Granada; 2012), and El pueblo quiere que caiga el régimen (COLMEX; 2012).
She as also written several articles and specialized texts. Some of her most recent works are: "La creación de un ámbito público transnacional" (Estudios de Asia y África, 2013) and "Anatomía del ámbito público en el mundo árabe" (ISTOR, 2012). Also, she participates actively in congresses, workshops and seminars —nationals and internationals—,and has also organized several forums to encourage the study and understanding of MENA region. 

Indira Iasel Sánchez Bernal holds a PhD from the Center of Asia and Africa's Studies, at El Colegio de México. She specializes in the study of the MENA region, holding an Ma in the same institution and a BA in International Affairs from UNAM. She works as associated professor at Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores, Santa Fe  Campus.
She is part of the Project "España y la Integración Euromediterránea: Memoria y futuro de las Relaciones con el Mundo árabe-islámico", from the Workshop of International Mediterranean Studies from the Autonomous University of Madrid.

Her research lines include political and economic reforms in the North of Africa, the debate about Islam and democracy, political links between Socialism and Islamism, the conflict in Western Sahara, and the diplomatic relations between Mexico and the MENA region.

She is author of the book "El espejo de oriente. Reflejando las relaciones internacionales de México con el Medio Oriente-Norte de África, 1821-2010", among others.

Jimena Allendelagua is studying a BA in International Relations at El Colegio de México. From 2012 to 2014 she was part of the Editorial Board at Ágora, students' magazine in the Center of International Studies at El COLMEX. She was Editor in Chief from 2013 to 2014. Her research interests include regional studies and social development. Sue currently collaborates as the logistics' assistant from the Arab Week.

Miguel Fuentes holds a BA in International Affairs from El Colegio de México, and is a PhD student in Global Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara. He's a Teacher's Assistant in the Global Studies Department, and a Research Asistant for Prof. Aashish Mehta. He was the Chief of Staff of the Arab Week in Mexico from 2013 to 2017, an he was a research assistant in the History Division at CIDE during the same period. He is co-author of "Actors and opportunities: Interregional processes in the Arab region and Latin American and the Caribbean" (Andreas Schechter ed., Springer Press, dictamination), and author of "Sexuality and Law: Transnational LGBT+ Activism in Lebanon, Egypt and Iran" (Helen Rizzo y Michael Ryan eds., Lynne Riener, in dictamination). He is currently a member of the Middle East Studies Association.