Speaking engagements
I am a lecturer speaking at the following classes:
- “On Sectarianism in Lebanon,” Political Science Department, University of Richmond (2022-) by Dana El Kurd.
- “On Gender and Insecurity,” International Relations Department, Georgetown University (2022-) by Marwa Daoudy.
- “On Media and Violence,” Communication Department, Charles III University of Madrid (2024-) by Leila Nachawati Rego.
If you want me to teach in your class, please reach out. I can teach online and/or in Switzerland and its surroundings.
Other Interventions
2022
- Moderator of the panel “our wounds are bridgesthe threads that bind us from Syria to Ukraine” with Yassin Al-Haj Saleh, Wafa Ali Mustafa, Yuliya Yurchenko and Taras Bilous as part of the Post-Extractive Future Series by War on Want, Tipping Point UK, JunteGente and The Fire These Times
- Seminar: “On Gender and Insecurity” at Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA
- Guest lecturer in Dana El Kurd’s Political Science class at the University of Richmond
- Panelist: “Et maintenant: Quel Scenario Choisir” with Julia Steinberger at Rencontres Occident-Orient, Sierre, Suisse
- Panelist: “Filmmaking in Lebanon” at 6th Edition of the Arab Film Festival in Zurich
- Seminar: “On Solarpunk and different futurisms” at the University of Vigo, Spain
- Workshop facilitator: “Pluriverse of eco-social justice” at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra (ECOSOC, CES).
- Panelist: “Du GIEC au Solarpunk” with Julia Steinberger co-hosted by Eric Vautrin and the University of Lausanne at Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, Switzerland
2021
- Took part in a panel as part of “A Region in Revolt: Mapping the Recent Uprisings in North Africa and West Asia” with co-authors Jade Saab and Frieda Afari, hosted by RS21 Scotland
2020
- Took part in a panel as part of “A Region in Revolt: Mapping the Recent Uprisings in North Africa and West Asia” alongside co-authors Jade Saab, Sara Abbas, Selma Oumari, Zeidon Alkinani and Frieda Afari and co-hosted by Daraja Press and the Transnational Institute
- Workshop: “On disinformation and its impact on the medical field, with case studies from Syria and Russia” at CEJ-ICRC Humanitarian Reporting for Digital Media, Pakistan
2019
- Lecture: “The Yiddish-Hebrew Kulturkampf: Historical and Contemporary Implications” at Middle East History and Theory (MEHAT) Workshop, University of Chicago, USA
- Lecture: “A Baldwinian Reading of Lebanese-ness” at Northeast Modern Language Association (NemLA), Washington DC
2018
- Lecture: “The Lebanese Migration Experience” at Citizens, Nations and Migration (CNaM) Network, University of Edinburgh, UK
- Seminar: “Haunting and the Postwar Generation in Lebanese Cinema” at Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (IMES) Department, University of Edinburgh, UK
- “Minorities Beyond Ethnic and Religious Divides” at Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Beirut
- Seminar: “Haunting and the Postwar Generation in Lebanese Cinema” at IMES
- Panel: “Critical Theory and Practice Panel on Syria” at University of Cambridge, UK
- Lecture: “Shadow of a man? understanding masculinities in the MENA“ at London School of Economics (LSE), London with Shereen El Feki and Courtney Freer
2017
- Panel: “The Syrian revolution: context and consequences” at the University of Bologna
- Panel: “Political economy of the postwar Lebanese goverment” at Mediateca Gateway, Bologna
- Lecture: “On the Syria Stories Map Project” at Bournemouth University, UK
If you want to book me, please reach out.