I am so happy to say that I have started my first teaching experience as a doctoral tutor at University of Sussex. The first week has been a mnemonic journey: the students reminded me of myself when I was an undergraduate at Damascus University.

هل تنفصل آلام الجسد عن آلام النفس؟

This is what they deleted

The type of knowledge is more important than its production

Excited to share that my review of Waiting for the Revolution to End: Syrian Displacement, Time and Subjectivity by Charlotte Al-Khalili has been published in the latest issue of The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology! 🎉 available online here: doi.org/10.3167/cja.20…

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Dr Azzam Al Kassir 2024 paper in British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies examines the theory of Radical Flank Effects through al-Nusra Front's shift between 'moderation' & 'radicalism' (2012-2017). He argues that moderation can be a strategic tool for militant groups.

Thanks to all of you: Leen Kayyali, Sema Nassar Roua Al Taweel Zeina Al Azmeh Feras Alkabani ammar azzouz 🥀 عمّار عزّوز Azzam Al Kassir Ghenwa Al Shoumari, Diaa Lagan, Dima Alhaj Hussein, Alaa Shasheet Reem Noureddin Maya Dayoub Dr. Jeeda Alhakim, CPsychol Nerouz Satik

This is one of the darkest days of my life as I witness ongoing #massacres in #Syria for the third consecutive day. The violence began when ex-regime loyalists ambushed security forces, resulting in heavy casualties. The situation quickly escalated, leading to widespread killings

Presented my paper “The Syrian hauntological exile: pangs of the past and choke-up of death” at the ASA Conference 2025, held at the University of Birmingham. Honoured to be part of the panel “Catastrophic futures: colonised and displaced”.

A small moment that meant a lot — I’ve been nominated for the 2025 Sussex Awards under the Community Impact, Scholarship, and Social Responsibility category for teaching on the Anthropology of Worlds and Selves module. Thank you to the students who took the time to nominate me

It is great to share that I’ve been offered a paid research fellowship at Charles University in Prague. I’ll be continuing my work on Sufi dance in exile.

 📣 REMINDER of our Syrian Academics & Researchers Network- UK Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded Int’l Confernece School of Media, Arts and Humanities on 🗓️ 18–19 Sept Theme: Rebuilding Syria: Reflections, Innovations & Collaborations Join us in sunny #Brighton and explore #Sussex CFP Deadline: 20 June  docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

#Syria ’s reality is starkly divided. In some areas people are finally free to speak about the Assad regime’s atrocities & begin healing. Yet in other places, civilians face daily violence 2 Alawite men were killed today collecting daphne leaves The path to peace remains fragile.

I've contributed an essay to Allegra Lab, Anthropology for Radical Optimism, titled “The Emotional Toll of Death in Syria: Revolution to Toppling.” It appears in a special issue addressing a critical hotspot in Syria. allegralaboratory.net/the-emotional-…

Excited to share that I recently participated in the 9th Annual Meeting of the Memory Studies Association in Prague. I was honored to contribute to the panel "Preserving the Past, Building the Future: Syrian collective memory and cultural resistance in diaspora".