Anna Stanley

Research Associate

Anna Stanley is a research associate at the Middle East Forum. Anna previously worked as an Open-Source Intelligence Analyst at the British Foreign Office and as an Intelligence Researcher and Investigation Practitioner for UK Police. She has delivered OSINT training internationally. Her writing has been featured on UK Television, The Spectator, The JC, JNS, Fathom, The Telegraph and Ynet.

Articles by this Author
Mapheze Ahmad Yousef Saleh, daughter of a senior Hamas official, is a student at Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies. Her husband, a postdoctoral associate at the school’s Alwaleed Center, has endorsed Hamas repeatedly. Healy Hall, April, 2022.
Campus Watch
For Georgetown Univ. Couple, Terror-Ties Are a Family Affair
Mapheze Ahmad Yousef Saleh, Daughter of a Senior Hamas Official, Is Married to a Hamas Apologist
February 24, 2025
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Anna Stanley
The United Arab Emirates has placed several U.K.-based businesses on a terrorist list as part of a longstanding campaign against the Muslim Brotherhood.
FWI News
Emiratis Place U.K.-Based Companies on Terrorist List
Is the UAE Sending a Message to the U.K.?
February 12, 2025
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Anna Stanley
The Council on American-Islamic Relations has initiated an advocacy campaign to obstruct the efforts of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to deport criminal aliens. ICE has suggested that such campaigns put U.S. citizens at risk.
FWI News
Islamists Obstruct Efforts to Deport Criminal Aliens
CAIR Encourages Illegal Immigrants to Evade Law Enforcement
February 6, 2025
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Anna Stanley
A few posts on X by Elon Musk have generated renewed interest in the failure of U.K. officials to prosecute sexual predators in numerous cities throughout the country for fear of being called racist. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is feeling the heat as a consequence.
FWI Research
5Pillars and the Denial of Systemic Child Exploitation in the U.K.
Publication Dismisses Outrage Over Rapes as ‘Far-Right’ Recruitment Tool
January 10, 2025
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Anna Stanley
Figure 1 Taken at Usamah’s last U.K. Sermon https://youtu.be/zKgCte-hNuQ?si=uWqd9XZKoHP6919V
FWI News
Good Riddance for Britain, but Bad News for Florida: The Radical Teachings of Sheikh Abu Usamah At-Thahabi
Florida’s New Imam: A Legacy of Radical Rhetoric and Division
January 9, 2025
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Anna Stanley
FWI Research
American Muslims for Palestine Convention 2024 Presents Speaker Lineup with Terror Links
Organization with Alleged Ties to Hamas to Meet in Illinois in Late November
November 13, 2024
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Anna Stanley
A Republican congressman from Florida has urged the U.S. State Department to bar Naseem (Naz) Shah, above, a member of the British Parliament, from entering the country due to her alleged ties to charities affiliated with Hamas.
FWI News
Terror Links Could Derail British Member of Parliament’s Visit to U.S.
British MP Allegedly Has Ties to Hamas-Linked NGOs
November 8, 2024
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Anna Stanley
Figure 1 Source: https://themorningnews.com/news/2024/08/10/microsoft-warns-about-irans-cyber-efforts-to-influence-us-elections/
FWI News
George Washington University Report Unveils Iranian Influence Network in the U.S.
October 17, 2024
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Anna Stanley
FWI News
Influential U.K. NGO Head, Majed Al-Zeer, Finally Designated by U.S. for Links to Hamas
October 8, 2024
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Anna Stanley
Young Muslims who participated in pro-Hamas protests that disrupted life on college campuses last spring will be first in line to participate in a government jobs program initiated by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). (Photo: Dexter Van Zile)
FWI Research
CAIR Grooms Pro-Hamas Protesters for Government Jobs after Graduation
September 19, 2024
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Anna Stanley
Ahnaf Kalam
FWI Research
Western Europe’s Hamas Networks Operate Openly
February 15, 2024
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Anna Stanley