Omar Mohammed Author

Dr. Omar Mohammed is an Ottoman and modern Middle East historian from Mosul, best known as the anonymous voice from 2014 to 2017 behind Mosul Eye. This clandestine blog became the world's most trusted window into life under the Islamic State. 

Today, Omar directs the Antisemitism Research Initiative within the Program on Extremism at George Washington University. He hosts two acclaimed series: Mosul and the Islamic State, and 36 Minutes on Antisemitism. He teaches Middle East History, Cultural Heritage Diplomacy, and Counterterrorism at Sciences Po.

A former senior consultant for UNESCO (2018–2023), Omar has led significant cultural heritage and oral history projects across Iraq and the Middle East, including landmark documentation of Mosul's Jewish community and the post-ISIS memory of the city. He is also the founder of several social and environmental initiatives for Mosul, among them the international campaign to resupply the University of Mosul's Central Library and the Green Mosul reforestation effort.

He was named Iraq's “Researcher of the Year” in 2013, listed among The Algemeiner’s “Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life” in 2020, and nominated by the Austrian Parliament in 2024 for its Civil Service Award in acknowledgment of his contributions to truth, documentation, and civic resilience.

Omar received his PhD in Middle East and Ottoman History from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris and an MA in Middle East History from the University of Mosul. He now lives in exile in Europe.