Amal Mohammed Al-Malki

Amal Mohammed Al-Malki is a Qatari academic. In 2005, she became the first Qatari professor at an American university in her country's Education City when she was hired to teach at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar. From 2016 to 2023, she served as the founding dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, the first Qatari to hold the title of dean in the nine-university campus.

Early life and education Amal Al-Malki was born in Doha, Qatar, and grew up in the capital city. Her father was Qatari, while her mother had come to Qatar from Lebanon. As a child, she traveled frequently due to her father's job, and her family kept a house in London.

At age 16, she enrolled at Qatar University, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1996. She then left to study in the United Kingdom, obtaining a master's degree in English and Arabic linguistics and translation from SOAS University of London in 1997. After a yearlong break, she enrolled in a doctoral program, graduating with a doctorate in comparative literature from SOAS in 2003. Having left Carnegie Mellon in 2013, in 2016 she became founding dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Hamad Bin Khalifa University. As a university dean, Malki was the first Qatari with that title at the Education City institutions.

Malki identifies as a feminist, and her work at the university has included teaching courses on Islamic feminism, as well as post-colonial theory. She is also involved in social media activism through her blog and other platforms, including her efforts to start the #ImHalfQatari hashtag campaign in 2014.