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About Me<\/h2>\n About Me<\/h2>\nI am a scholar, educator, consultant, and activist with experience in Francophone Studies, Middle East Studies, Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies, and International Law. I earned two doctoral degrees: SJD in International Law from Penn State Dickinson Law and PhD in Francophone Studies from Florida State University. \u00a0I also hold a Master\u2019s degree in International Law and Human Rights from Universit\u00e9 de Rouen in France, and a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Law from Universit\u00e9 Saint-Joseph in Lebanon.<\/p>\n
My research is interdisciplinary and primarily focuses on the Middle East on North Africa. Some of the topics I research and teach include: international law & terrorism,\u00a0 issues of statehood, armed conflicts, State, and Non-State actors, international humanitarian law, colonial & post-colonial relations in the Francophone world, women’s rights in the Middle East, and oral history.<\/p>\n
Several of my articles appeared in peer-reviewed national and international journals.<\/p>\n
My first book Gendering Civil War. Francophone Women\u2019s Writing in Lebanon<\/a>,<\/em> for which I earned the AAUW American Fellowship, was published with Edinburgh University Press (March 2022) and was nominated for the John Leonard Prize.<\/p>\n My second book Hezbollah in International Law<\/a> <\/em>examines Hezbollah’s legal status as a State or non-State actor in Lebanon and in the context of armed conflict (Israel and Syria). It also studies Hezbollah’s unlawful activities in Lebanon since 1982 and State responsibility; it recently appeared with Edinburgh University Press (2026).<\/p>\n My most recent research project focuses on the Beirut barracks bombing of 1983 that killed 241 American servicemembers and 58 French parachutists. In this project, I explore gaps in memory laws, oral history, and veterans\u2019 stories.<\/p>\n I have given numerous public talks and podcast interviews, and I am a media commentator with frequent appearances on NPR, Voice of America, Business Insider, France 24, TRT World, BBC Arabic, ABC Australia, and Newzroom Afrika. I am a regular contributor to several news outlets including The Conversation<\/em><\/a>, which is an independent news organization.<\/p>\n I speak three languages: Arabic\/Levantine Dialect, French, and English.<\/p>\n I am an American Red Cross volunteer, where I teach International Humanitarian Law.<\/p>\n Email: rebeizm@dickinson.edu<\/p>\nContact<\/h2>\n