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.

Sound and visual artist of Hispano-Lebanese origin and professor of the Department of Communication and Digital Art at ITESM Campus Querétaro.

Internationally recognized for her documentary work 'The Crayons of Askalan', Laila Hotait studied in Arabic Studies at the Autonomous University of Madrid. She holds a MFA in Cinema from San Francisco State University and  a PhD in Communication at the Carlos III University Madrid.

Post-doctorate fellow in the History Division at CIDE. She was profesor at Irvine Valley College and holds a PhD in Hispanic Letters and Linguistic from UCLA (2011). Her research line is aljamiado-moorish manuscripts from 16th and 17th centuries.

PhD in Middle Eastern studies from the University of Aix-Marseille and IREMAM. She completed her master in Middle East at El Colegio de Mexico and her undergraduate degree in journalism at Escuela de Periodismo Carlos Septién García. Her doctoral research focuses on the professionalization of Palestinian journalists. In an attempt to legitimize the work of these professionals, this thesis shows the historical process and the regional context in which a "Palestinian journalistic tradition" was shaped. She is also interested in the Arab migration, specifically the Palestinian migration, in Mexico.