Contact Information
3120 Lincoln Hall
M/C 454
Urbana IL 61801
Biography
I was born and raised in Cairo, Egypt and have been in the U.S. since 2016 for graduate school.
Research Interests
Sociology of Gender
Transnational Sociology
Feminist Social Movements
Arab Feminist Studies
Transnational Feminism
Gender & Sexuality
Queer Theory
Sociology of Emotions
Education
I hold a BA in English from Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt, an MA in Gender Studies from the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, and an MA in Sociology from UIUC.
Courses Taught
SOC 100: Introduction to Sociology
SOC 101: Sociology of Gender
External Links
Highlighted Publications
1) Civil Society Review in Lebanon: On Fatal Chaos and Disruption, and Women in Public Space: Cairo’s Street Situation and the Murder of the “Maadi Girl” and the Single “Al Salam Doctor:
https://civilsociety-centre.org/paper/chaos-disruption-and-women-public…
2) Gender & Society: Airing Egypt's Dirty Laundry: BuSSy's Storytelling as Feminist Social Change
3) The Journal of Resistance Studies: "Making a Scene: Young Women's Feminist Social Nonmovement in Cairo"