Hello,

I am an Assistant Professor in Sociology at the University of Toronto.

My research explores how religion and human rights shape the transnational politics, meaning, and memory of violence and suffering. My current research project explores contested claims-making about religious difference, specifically by advocates in Washington, DC on behalf of Christians in the Middle East. My collaborative projects examine knowledge production, the law, and memory after mass violence. I am a qualitative scholar and have a regional interest in the Middle East and North Africa and its diasporas.

I have a PhD and MA in Sociology from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and a BS in both Psychology and Sociology from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. I was born in Egypt, raised in Kuwait, lived in the United States, and currently reside in Toronto, Canada.