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Omar Safadi
University of Chicago
Occupation
Graduate Student (Doctoral)
Contact
Discipline
Political Science
Sub Areas
Comparative
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Anti-Racism
Christian Studies
Cinema/Film
Colonialism
Democratization
Cultural Studies
Ethnic Groups
Ethnography
Gender/Women's Studies
Globalization
Islamic Thought
19th-21st Centuries
Identity/Representation
Islamic Law
Political Economy
Nationalism
Minorities
Sexuality
Queer/LGBT Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
All Middle East
Lebanon
Syria
Ottoman Empire
Fertile Crescent
The Levant
Israel
Iran
Islamic World
Specialties
Political Sectarianism
Political Violence
Empire And Globalization
Languages
Arabic (native)
English (native)
French (intermediate)
Education
MA | 2020 | Political Science | University of Chicago
BA | 2016 | Political Science | University of Chicago
Abstracts
"Bigger Than You and Me": Geopolitical Games, Collective Action, and the Affects of Political Helplessness in Contemporary Lebanon