Appendix I: Student Research

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.

ARAB AND REGIONAL STUDIES

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

INDEPENDENT CERTIFICATES

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

MEDIA AND POLITICS

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

Honors in the Major

CULTURE AND POLITICS

Saoud Al-Ahmad, “Jeel Al-Taybeen: Reimagining Narratives of Identity and Heritage in Qatar. ” Faculty Mentor ..................... Amira Sonbol

Khansa Maria, “Re-visioning Identities: Tracing Disability in Pakistan and India through the Lens of the Novel.” Faculty Mentor ........................ Ian Almond

Mashael Muftah, “The Paradox of Qatari Females’ Education.” Faculty Mentor ....................Amira El-Zein

Ngoc Nguyen, “From Slavery to Kafala - British Colonialism and Labor Governance in the Persian Gulf.” Faculty Mentor ........................ Ian Almond

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INTERNATIONAL HISTORY

Sarah Abdussalam, “A History of the National Front for the Salvation of Libya: 1981-2012.” Faculty Mentor ................... Karine Walther

Abeedah Diab, “A Social History of the Qatari Nutrition Transition.” Faculty Mentor ..................... Amira Sonbol

Fiza Shahzad, “Women in the Khoja Muslim Community: Disinheritance, Agency, and the Colonial Legal System.” Faculty Mentor ....................... Reza Pirbhai

INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

Fatima Al-Emadi, “The Water Crisis in the Middle East: Exploring the Relationship between Water Insecurity and Political Instability.” Faculty Mentor .................Gerd Nonneman

Fatima Al-Naimi, “Anti-immigration and the Far-Right: Examining the Effects of Far-Right Parties’ Anti-Immigration Ideologies on Immigration Legislation in Great Britain.” Faculty Mentor ...................... Sonia Alonso

Fatima Farooqui and Sara Lidetoft, “The Impact of Diversity on Gender Bias in Student Evaluations of Teaching (SET).” Faculty Mentors..................... Sonia Alonso ......................................and Karine Walther

Malak Elmoh, “The Question of Belonging: Naturalized East Africans in the Washington Metropolitan Area.” Faculty Mentor ..................Amanda Garrett

Irene Promodh, “The Politics of Translocal Religiosity: An Ethnography of South Indian Christians in Qatar.” Faculty Mentor .....................Uday Chandra

Mona Saif, “Iran Under American Economic Sanctions: A Case Study from 2010 to 2020.” Faculty Mentor ................Mehran Kamrava

Natasha Vincent, “Small States and National Civil Aviation: From StateBuilding to International Branding.” Faculty Mentor ................Mehran Kamrava