SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

South Lebanon: Unearthing Embedded Temporal-Spatial Dynamics and Effects (2025, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics Journal)

The fourteen months between October 2023 and November 2024 marked the latest period of violence in South Lebanon. This subnational area of Lebanon has often overlooked preexisting dynamics and effects of contested control and violence that have been and continue to be reactivated by contemporary dynamics. Guided by theories and literature from historical sociology, subnational studies, and temporal analysis, this article combines and analyzes historical and contemporary evidence to call attention to the value and importance of historicizing and humanizing lived experiences in South Lebanon. It illustrates how the dynamics and effects of latest periods of violence cannot and should not be understood without engaging with how new “breaking” developments reactivate and build upon previous dynamics and effects, thus continually embedding themselves in the area’s relationship to space and time. The article does so in support of an overall argument that analysis of regional conflicts needs to take into better account the multifaceted and unique lived experiences of areas implicated by such conflicts.

Tangled Crises and Temporalities: The 1958 Crisis in Lebanon (2024, Rights for Time Research Network)

This research brief focuses on this seminal year in Lebanese history to explore the interplay between crisis, temporality, and politics. As the Lebanon case “Policy and Time” under the Right for Time project aims to use case studies as exploratory tools for understanding the nexus between time and policy, this brief puts forward both analysis and recommendations to inform multiple stakeholders as to how national, regional, and international policies and temporalities can combine into moments of crises. It therefore promotes engagement with context-based temporalities to encourage policy solutions that are more attuned to on-the-ground realities and experiences.

Review of “The Arab Archive: Mediated Memories and Digital Flows” (2022, Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication)

This reviews the edited collection “The Arab Archive: Mediated Memories and Digital Flows” (2020) that addresses specific areas within the larger fields of archival and media analysis, as well as brings to light the many unresolved challenges when working on contemporary archives.

Towards a Needs-Based Approach: A Framework for Engaging External Actors in Reconstruction in Syria (2020, Globesight)

This report puts forward a framework highlighting the priority needs of Syrians in reconstruction across four dimensions: livelihoods, housing, infrastructure, and services. These sectors are analyzed in terms of previous lessons learned in cases of post-conflict reconstruction, as well as the pre-conflict reality in Syria. The external priorities and engagement in Syria of Russia, Iran, China, Turkey, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and various additional actors are addressed in particular, according to the framework of needs. The report finds that there is a need for overall reconstruction of Syria to be guided along a core set of principles that improve livelihoods, build sustainable infrastructure, provide affordable housing, and enhance services. Going forward, there are steps that need to be taken to ensure a needs-based approach to reconstruction. Firstly, transparency around external engagement in Syrian reconstruction needs to be improved. Secondly, coordination around reconstruction activities should be increased with an eye towards serving the needs of the population. Finally, a guiding shared statement of principles will be critical. While there may be no optimal middle ground to be found in the crisscross of diverse political agendas that converge in Syria, there needs to be a more concerted effort to put the needs of the Syrian people first in all initiatives being undertaken.

International Consequences of the Militarization of U.S. Policing (2020, New Lines Institute)

The current moment is critical for the United States to reform policing practices both internally and internationally. A full re-conceptualization of the components of policing and the development of programming sensitive to the negative aspects of inappropriate militarization can provide a pathway for the country to rebuild its programming both domestically and abroad in this area. A willingness to engage with activists and leaders from marginalized communities and international bodies, and a public acknowledgement and rectification of past and present problematic partnerships, will allow for positive change both domestically and in Washington’s engagements in the international community.