I. Student Research Certificate Programs The optional certificate programs allow students to deepen their knowledge around a specific content area through class work and a research project. Senior students who received certificates upon graduation are listed below with their thesis project titles and faculty mentors. A R A B A ND R E GIO NAL ST U DIE S Dana Darwish, “Contemporary Gulf Politics: Political Reform in the Gulf.” Faculty Mentor................. Mehran Kamrava Abeedah Diab, “Theorizing Civil Society in Syria.” Faculty Mentor............................Firat Oruc Fiza Shahzad, “Arab and Jewish Responses to British Policy Making in Palestine: Anti Imperial Insurgency during the Later Mandate Period 1936-1944.” Faculty Mentor..........................Rory Miller INDEP ENDE NT C E RT IFICAT E S Certificate in Finance
Talal Abdul Naseer, “Staying Positive and Testing Negative: The Impact of Five Major Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Returns and Volatility of the GCC, U.S., and Chinese Markets.” Faculty Mentor................... Toka Mohamed Certificate in Gender and Politics
Fiza Shahzad, “The Political Economy of Marriage in Contemporary India.” Faculty Mentor......................Uday Chandra
MED IA AN D POL ITICS Sarah Abdussalam, “Digital Activism and the Amazigh in Morocco.” Faculty Mentor.................Joe Khalil, NU-Q Fatima Al-Emadi, “National Approaches to Foreign Branding: Two Middle East Case Studies.” Faculty Mentor..........................Rory Miller Fatima Al-Naimi, “Social Movements and Citizen Activism in the Digital Age: The Role of the Media in the Campaign for Women’s Right to Drive in Saudi Arabia.” Faculty Mentor..........................Rory Miller Khemara Chhorn, “Portrayal of the Cambodian Genocide in National and International Media Narratives.” Faculty Mentor............................Firat Oruc Bouthaina El-Kheshn, “Egyptian Talk Shows as Instruments of Government Manipulation.” Faculty Mentor.................. A. Chamseddine Khansa Maria, “Exploring the Intersection: Migration and Identity Formation and the Role of Media in the Postcolonial World.” Faculty Mentor......................Uday Chandra Irene Promodh, “FM Radio and the Malayali Diaspora in Qatar: At Home Overseas.” Faculty Mentor......................Uday Chandra
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