Nermeen Shaikh is a broadcast news producer and weekly co-host at Democracy Now!  Previously, she worked in research at non-governmental organizations in London, Islamabad, and Tehran. She’s crossed the globe conducting interviews with academics, activists, and artists and is the author of The Present as History: Critical Perspectives on Global Power, a book tackling themes of globalization, imperialism, and routes to a fairer future. Shaikh earned her M.Phil. from Cambridge University.