The Makhzoumi Graduate Scholarship in Lebanese Studies

Shahab Nadimi
Ph.D. candidate, Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies

As part of his doctoral dissertation about Muslim refugees’ lives in Iran and Lebanon, entitled “Toward Theorizing Refugee Narratives in Contemporary World Literature,” he examines narrative depictions of contemporary refugee displacements in fiction and in life writing. This includes the works of Lebanese-Canadian Rawe Hage, among others.

Anas Fassih
PhD candidate, Department of Political Science

Thesis topic: As part of his doctoral dissertation about solar installations in the desert town of Quarzazate in Morocco, he also examines the quest for justice in energy transition in the Middle East including Lebanon.

Ehsan Kashfi
Ph.D Candidate, Department of Political Science 

Research project: As part of his doctoral dissertation, Ehsan Kashfi critically examines the nature of political authority in Shia Islam, as well as the historical roots and development of contemporary politicized Shia Islam and the contribution of the Lebanese ulama of Jabal Amil, who migrated to the Safavid Iran in the 16th century.

Shahab Nadimi
Ph.D. candidate, Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies

As part of his doctoral dissertation about Muslim refugees’ lives in Iran and Lebanon, entitled “Toward Theorizing Refugee Narratives in Contemporary World Literature,” he examines narrative depictions of contemporary refugee displacements in fiction and in life writing. This includes the works of Lebanese-Canadian Rawe Hage, among others.

Sarah Sharaf Al-Din
MA student, Department of Political Science

As part of her MA thesis about anti-racism dynamics of the Association of Arab- American Graduates, she examines tensions between the Arab-American non-profit organization and Arab governments, including Lebanon, over how to conduct anti- racist work in the United States and Canada.

Anas Fassih
PhD candidate, Department of Political Science

Thesis topic: As part of his doctoral dissertation about solar installations in the desert town of Quarzazate in Morocco, he also examines the quest for justice in energy transition in the Middle East including Lebanon.

Ehsan Kashfi
Ph.D Candidate, Department of Political Science 

Research project: As part of his doctoral dissertation, Ehsan Kashfi critically examines the nature of political authority in Shia Islam, as well as the historical roots and development of contemporary politicized Shia Islam and the contribution of the Lebanese ulama of Jabal Amil, who migrated to the Safavid Iran in the 16th century.

Anas Fassih
PhD candidate, Department of Political Science

Thesis topic: As part of his doctoral dissertation about solar installations in the desert town of Quarzazate in Morocco, he also examines the quest for justice in energy transition in the Middle East including Lebanon.

Noureddin Zaamout
PhD candidate, Department of Political Science

As part of his doctoral dissertation about the post-Arab Spring Syria, he examines the colonial history, post-colonial politics and contemporary social activism in Lebanon in relations to the larger context of the Levant, and Syria’s post-Arab Spring.

Ehsan Kashfi
Ph.D Candidate, Department of Political Science 

Research project: As part of his doctoral dissertation, Ehsan Kashfi critically examines the nature of political authority in Shia Islam, as well as the historical roots and development of contemporary politicized Shia Islam and the contribution of the Lebanese ulama of Jabal Amil, who migrated to the Safavid Iran in the 16th century.

Sarah Sharaf Al-Din
MA student, Department of Political Science

As part of her MA thesis about anti-racism dynamics of the Association of Arab- American Graduates, she examines tensions between the Arab-American non-profit organization and Arab governments, including Lebanon, over how to conduct anti- racist work in the United States and Canada.

Ehsan Kashfi
Ph.D Candidate, Department of Political Science 

Research project: As part of his doctoral dissertation, Ehsan Kashfi critically examines the nature of political authority in Shia Islam, as well as the historical roots and development of contemporary politicized Shia Islam and the contribution of the Lebanese ulama of Jabal Amil, who migrated to the Safavid Iran in the 16th century.

Noureddin Zaamout
PhD candidate, Department of Political Science

As part of his doctoral dissertation about the post-Arab Spring Syria, he examines the colonial history, post-colonial politics and contemporary social activism in Lebanon in relations to the larger context of the Levant, and Syria’s post-Arab Spring.