Marc Martorell Junyent graduated in International Relations at Ramon Llull University (Barcelona) and holds a joint Master in Comparative and Middle East Politics and Society at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen and the American University in Cairo. His research interests are the politics and history of the Middle East (particularly Iran, Turkey, and Yemen), and rebel governance. He has studied and worked in Ankara, Istanbul, and Tunis.