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Education

• PhD, University of Toledo
• MA, University of Warwick
• BA, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah University, Morocco

Research Interests

• Arabic Culture and Language
• North African Studies
• Popular Culture
• Islamic Studies
• Medieval Western Mediterranean Studies

Teaching Interests

• Arabic Culture and Language
• Islam in Africa and the Mediterranean
• North African Youth Culture
• M. Eastern and North African Literature
• Orientalism

Awards

• Dean’s Research Award, °®¶¹´«Ã½, New York, Spring 2005.
• Research Assistant Award, Department of English, The University of Toledo, Spring 1996.
• Fulbright Fellowship, The Moroccan-American Committee for Educational and Cultural Exchange—Fulbright Commission, 1992-96.
• Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, Department of English, The University of Toledo, Fall 1992 - Summer 1996.
• Fulbright Visiting Scholar Grant, The Moroccan-American Committee for Educational and Cultural Exchange. Attended Seminar on American Studies at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, Summer 1990.