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Omnia Khalil
City College of New York, CUNY
Occupation
Teaching Professor
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ABOUT
Omnia Khalil is a doctoral lecturer, the Department of Anthropology and Interdisciplinary Programs at City College of New York, and a Ph.D. holder, the Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), anthropology program. Her research and writings focus on urban geography and violence, political economy, and cross cutting with revolution. Since 2008, Khalil focuses, as an urban researcher, on community participatory action planning and she has led many projects in Cairo, working with local communities.
Discipline
Anthropology
Sub Areas
Urban Studies
Ethnography
Cultural Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Egypt
Specialties
Urban Geography
Counter/Revolution
Violence
Languages
Arabic (native)
English (advanced)
Education
PhD | 2023 | the Graduate Center, CUNY
MPhil | 2019 | Anthropology | the Graduate Center, CUNY
MA | 2014 | Anthropology | American University in Cairo
Abstracts
Securitizing the Urban Geography of Cairene post-Revolutionary Times Going Home, Gendered Mobility in Cairo’s Buildings