Musa al-Gharbi is an American sociologist who is a favored source among anti-transgender activists. al-Gharbi has co-authored work with prominent anti-trans activists, including Lee Jussim, J. Michael Bailey, David Buss, Sarah Haider, Glenn Loury, John McWhorter, Geoffrey Miller, Pamela Paresky, Steven Pinker, Wilfred Reilly, Steve Stewart-Williams, and Bo Winegard.
al-Gharbi is a fellow at anti-trans organization Heterodox Academy and has appeared on anti-trans podcasts, including Blocked and Reported by Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal and Dishcast by Andrew Sullivan.
Background
Anthony Ray Adams was born on November 4, 1983 to Donna Adams (born 1958) and Anthony Ray Everette (born 1955) and grew up in Massachusetts in a military family based near Fort Devens. After studying in preparation for Catholic priesthood, al-Gharbi had a crisis of faith, abandoned the plan, and converted to Islam. Twin sibling Army Specialist Christian Adams died in Afghanistan in 2010 of wounds sustained in a non-combat-related incident.
In 2009, al-Gharbi earned an associates degree at Cochise College, then earned a bachelor’s degree from University of Arizona in 2001 and a master’s degree in 2013. Then al-Gharbi attended Columbia University, earning a master’s degree in 2017, a second master’s degree in 2020, and a doctorate in 2022.
After teaching in the University of Arizona system from 2011 to 2015 and serving as managing editor of the Southwest Initiative for the Study of Middle East Conflicts, al-Gharbi served as Director of Communications for Heterodox Academy from 2017 to 2020. alGharbi was appointed as a fellow of the Niskanen Center in 2021. In 2022, al-Gharbi was named a columnist at The Guardian. In 2023, al-Gharbi took an assistant professorship at Stony Brook University.
Anti-trans activism
al-Gharbi co-authored a 2023 paper with many leading lights in anti-transgender extremism.
- Cory J. Clark
- Lee Jussim
- Komi Frey
- Sean T. Stevens
- Musa al-Gharbi
- Karl Aquino
- J. Michael Bailey
- Nicole Barbaro
- Roy F. Baumeister
- April Bleske-Reche
- David Buss
- Stephen Ceci
- Marco Del Giudice
- Peter H. Ditto
- Joseph P. Forgas
- David C. Geary
- Glenn Geher
- Sarah Haider
- Nathan Honeycutt
- Hrishikesh Joshi
- Anna I. Krylov
- Elizabeth Loftus
- Glenn Loury
- Louise Lu
- Michael Macy
- Chris C. Martin
- John McWhorter
- Geoffrey Miller
- Pamela Paresky
- Steven Pinker
- Wilfred Reilly
- Catherine Salmon
- Steve Stewart-Williams
- Philip E. Tetlock
- Wendy M. Williams
- Anne E. Wilson
- Bo M. Winegard
- George Yancey
- William von Hippel
References
Staff report (June 20, 2010). SPC Christian Michael Adams. Cochise County Herald Review https://www.myheraldreview.com/spc-christian-michael-adams/article_f75110f2-5971-577e-9d88-1dd9808fce83.html
Selected publications
Clark CJ, Jussim L, Frey K, Stevens ST, al-Gharbi M, Aquino K, Bailey JM, Barbaro N, Baumeister RF, Bleske-Rechek A, Buss D, Ceci S, Del Giudice M, Ditto PH, Forgas JP, Geary DC, Geher G, Haider S, Honeycutt N, Hrishikesh J, Krylov AI, Loftus E, Loury G, Lu L, Macy M, Martin CC, McWhorter J, Miller G, Paresky P, Pinker S, Reilly W, Catherine Salmon C, Stewart-Williams S, Tetlock PE, Williams WM, Wilson AE, Winegard BM, Yancey G, von Hippel W (2023). Prosocial motives underlie scientific censorship by scientists: A perspective and research agenda. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Vol. 120, Issue 48). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2301642120
Resources
Substack (substack.com)
LinkedIn (linkedin.com)