Omar Shahabudin McDoom (born 1972 or 1973) is a British political scientist who works at the London School of Economics. [1]
Omar Shahabudin McDoom was born in London [2] on 1972 or 1973, the son of Leila R. McDoom (a legal secretary) and Shahabudin Mohamed McDoom (a prosecutor). [3] [4] Omar's parents were immigrants from Georgetown, Guyana. [2] His sister is Opheera McDoom, a journalist for Reuters based in Sudan. [4] Omar received degrees in law from King's College London and Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, a master's degree in international affairs from George Washington University, and a PhD in development studies from the London School of Economics. [3] He completed his post-doctoral fellowship in the department of politics at the University of Oxford in 2009. [5]