Occupation
Graduate Student (Doctoral)
Contact
4308 Palo Verde Rd
Irvine
CA
92617
United States
ABOUT
I am a second-year MA student in the Global Studies Department at the University of California in Santa Barbara. I grew up in Egypt, in the same neighborhoods where mahraganat artists emerged, before I migrated to New York City, where I got my BA in Psychology. I now research and write about Egyptian Mahraganat artists, their struggles, and their resilience and I attempt to compare Mahraganat and Brazilian Funk.
Discipline
Anthropology
Sub Areas
Ethnography
Pop Culture
Middle East/Near East Studies
State Formation
Geographic Areas of Interest
Egypt
Other
Specialties
Humor, Improv, Improvisations, And Everyday Experiences
My Research Revolves Around Egyptian Humor, Self-censorship, The Concept Of Getting-by, And Improvising
Languages
Arabic (native)
Education
BA
| 2016
| Psychology
| York College, CUNY
Abstracts
Reimagining Mahraganat
