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Dahlia El Zein

Northwestern University in Qatar

Occupation

Assistant Professor

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Discipline

History

Sub Areas

19th-21st Centuries

African Studies

Arab Studies

Arab-Israeli Conflict

Colonialism

Diaspora/Refugee Studies

Education

Gender/Women's Studies

Transnationalism

World History

Publishing

Nationalism

Middle East/Near East Studies

Modernization

Geographic Areas of Interest

The Levant

Egypt

Palestine

Islamic World

Arab States

Africa (Sub-Saharan)

Lebanon

Specialties

My Research Explores The Intersections Of Race, Gender, Migration, And Empire Between The Eastern Mediterranean And West Africa In Colonial And Postcolonial Contexts.My Current Book Project,

Languages

Arabic (advanced)

French (intermediate)

Abstracts

Educating Women: Nationalism, Gender, and Class in the United Arab Republic 1958-1961 Africa and the Mahjar: The Lebanese Syrian Diaspora in West Africa and Tirailleurs Sénégalais in Greater Syria during the Interwar Years The Shi'i Nahdawis Racial Identity, French Colonialism, and Lebanese Syrian Migrants in Kamel Mroueh’s Nahnu fi Ifriqiya (We Are in Africa)