Education

Oxford University, DPhil (doctorate) in Oriental Studies, 2012

From Turban to Tarboush? Dar al-‘Ulum and Social, Linguistic, and Religious Change in Early Twentieth Century Egypt
-- Supervisor: Walter Armbrust
-- Examiners (at various stages): Eugene Rogan, James McDougall, Gudrun Krämer, Michael Willis
Participated in History Department's methodology class, 'What Happened and Why: Methods and Themes in Economic and Social History', as taught by Prof. Avner Offer in 2006-2007

Oxford University, M.St. with Distinction, Modern Middle Eastern Studies, 2006

Research Essay: Social and Religious Change in Damascus: One Case of Female Religious Authority
-- Supervisor: Walter Armbrust
-- Research explored religious authority of contemporary female mosque instructor
Examined on "History of the Middle East" and "Social Anthropology of the Middle East"

Princeton University, A.B. with Honors, Near Eastern Studies, 2004

Senior Thesis: Importance of the Past: Heritage, Identity and Politics in Syria
-- Thesis Advisor: Thomas Leisten
Engineering and Management Systems Certificate, Operations Research and Financial Engineering Department

OTHER ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Fulbright Fellow, Damascus, Syria, 2004-2005

-- Project – Women, Modernity and Sufism: Islamic Discourse and Social Tensions in Syria
Affiliated with University of Damascus for year-long cultural and academic exchange

Middlebury College Summer Language Immersion Program, Arabic

Completed first and third years of university Arabic instruction in intensive immersion programme

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