(Selected Publications)
- “For war-weary Syria, potential benefits of security pact with Israel comes with big risks,” The Conversation, 9 October 2025.
- Co-authored “The Druze are a tightly knit community – and the violence in Syria is triggering fears in Lebanon,” The Conversation, 18 July 2025.
- “A weakened Iran and Hezbollah gives Lebanon an opening to chart path away from the region’s conflicts – will it be enough?” The Conversation, 9 July 2025.
- “Dear Sen. Fetterman, it is time for you to resign,” PennLive, 9 July 2025.
- “Disarming Hezbollah is key to Lebanon’s recovery − but the task is complicated by regional shifts, ceasefire violations,” The Conversation, 15 May 2025.
- “Despite Genocide and Hate, Arab Americans Will Celebrate Our Heritage,” Middle East Eye, 3 April 2025.
- “Selective Outrage and the Palestine Exception. How DEI in Higher Education Failed Arab American and Muslim Communities,” Project Censored, 30 January 2025.
- “Assad’s Fall in Syria Will Further Weaken Hezbollah and Curtails Tehran’s ‘Iranization’ of region,” The Conversation, 11 December 2024.
- “Beirut 1983 or the history that repeats itself,” PennLive, 23 October 2024.
- “How Iran killed Lebanon,” PennLive, 13 October 2024.
- “Does Hezbollah represent Lebanon? And what impact will the death of longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah have?” The Conversation, 28 September 2024.
- “Lebanese civilians are fleeing the south, fearing an Israeli invasion – a look back at 1982 suggests that they have every reason to worry.” The Conversation, 24 September 2024.
- Co-Authored “Fuel Cartels are Adding Darkness, Pollution, and Cancer to Lebanon’s Misery,” The National, 13 September 2024.
- “We should care about the former president’s ear and the other victims of violence in our country,” PennLive, 16 July 2024.
- “Death of Marine Commander Scarred by 1983 Beirut bombing serves as reminder of risks US troops stationed in the Middle East still face,” The Conversation, 22 April 2024.
- “Lebanese – Israeli Fighting Looks Set to Scuttle Plans for Historic Land Border Agreement,” The Conversation, 7 March 2024.
- “An Open Letter to Fellow Democrats: Ditch Biden,” PennLive, 8 January 2024.
- “Dear Sen. Fetterman, I Wish I Had Never Voted for You,” PennLive, 22 November 2023.
- “We, Arab Americans, are not Ok,” PennLive, 8 November 2023.
- “The Map to Bill’s Memories,” William R. Gaines Jr. Foundation, 18 October 2023.
- “Everyone is Suffering from Extremism in the Middle East,” PennLive, 16 October 2023.
- “A War Rages in the Middle East, We Remember Pennsylvanians Who Died in the 1983 Beirut Barracks Bombing,” PennLive, 10 October 2023.
- “A Year After Mahsa Amini’s Death, Iran is Oppressing Women,” PennLive, 10 September 2023.
- “The Beirut Port Explosion: Three Years After and Still No Justice,” PennLive, 3 August 2023.
- “Remembering the Armenian Genocide from Lebanon,” The Markaz Review, 17 April 2023.
- “Beirut Barracks Bombing of 1983: Is Justice Possible After 40 Years,” PennLive, 14 March 2023.
- “Is Lebanon Worth Saving?” PennLive, 24 February 2023.
- “Are Campus Visits Necessary?” Inside Higher Ed, 12 January 2023.
- “An Open Letter to Governor-Elect Shapiro: Please Recognize April as the Arab American Heritage Month,” PennLive, 11 January 2023.
- “Historic Game on the Horizon: US Faces Iran Once More,” The Markaz Review, 28 November 2022.
- “Orientalism and The Erasure of Middle Easterners in Black Adam,” The Markaz Review, 7 November 2022.
- “Veterans Like Jeff Have Stories to Tell. Americans Need to Hear Them,” PennLive, 02 November 2022.
- “Stop Asking Me for the Hummus Recipe,” Inside Higher Ed, 30 September 2022.
- “Policing Women’s Bodies: The Case of Mahsa Amini,” PennLive, 29 September 2022.
- “The Trailing Spouse,” Inside Higher Ed, 25 August 2022.
- “From Kansas to Iran: There’s an Assault on Free Speech,” PennLive, 21 August 2022.
- “Hey Pennsylvania, It’s Time to Recognize April as the Arab American Heritage Month” PennLive, 2 April. 2022.
- “Djokovic Got Served,” PennLive, 18 Jan. 2022.
- “What We Choose to Remember Depends on Who’s Calling the Shots,” PennLive, 18 Oct. 2021.