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Alumni since the 1990s: What our graduates are doing now

  • ​​​​​​​​Hussain Abdul-Hussain (BA in History) is the Washington DC correspondent for the Kuwaiti newspaper Al Rai.
  • Dina Abou Salem (BA and MA in History) works at ABC News in Los Angeles.
  • Lujain Alhaqhaq (BA in Archaeology) is Fine Arts Coordinator at the Sheikh Abdullah al-Salem Cultural Centre, Kuwait. 
  • Ahmad Baasiri (BA in History) is a behavioral scientist at Nudge Lebanon
  • Abir Al-Khalil (BA in History) is an attorney with the Nasir al-Khalil Law Firm, Beirut.
  • Nathaniel Armstrong (BA in History) is a graduate student at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Austria.
  • Rayya Badran (BA in History) is an Instructor of Art History in the Department of Fine Arts and Art History, AUB.
  • Kamal Badreshany (MA in Archaeology) is a Research Officer at the Durham Archaeomaterials Research Centre at the Durham University.
  • Catherine Batruni (PhD in History) is Area studies Chair of Middle East and North Africa in the Foreign Service Institute, US department of State.
  • Aaron Tylor Brand (PhD in History) is Assistant Professor of History at Trinity College Dublin.
  • Canan Çakirlar (MA in Archaeology) is Assistant Professor of Archaeology at the University of Groningen.
  • Youssef Chaitani (BA and MA in History) as a political affairs officer for the UN's Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (ESCWA) in Beirut.
  • Joan Chaker (MA in History) is a doctoral student in History at Harvard University, supported by the Gerda Henkel Foundation. 
  • Abdul Rahman Chamssedine (MA in History) is Assistant Professor in Arabic and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University, Qatar.
  • Emily Dawes (MA in History) is a doctoral student in History at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 
  • Hala Dimechkie (MA in History) is director of the Office of International Programs, AUB.
  • Soha El Achi (BA and MA in History) is a Lecturer in History at New York University, Abu Dhabi.
  • Hasan El Hajj (BA and MA in Archaeology) is a doctoral student in Archaeology at the University of Marburg.
  • Mariam El Jamal (BA in History) is a graduate student in Public Health at AUB.
  • Khaled El-Rouayheb (MA in History) is the James Richard Jewett Professor of Arabic and of Islamic Intellectual History in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University.
  • Cyma Farah (BA and MA in History) is a doctoral student in History at Rice ​University.
  • Hani Farhat (BA in History) is a graduate student in the Master's in Finance Program at AUB.
  • Amal Ghazal (BA in History) is Professor of History and Director of the Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies, Simon Fraser University.
  • Nour Hachem (BA in History) is a doctoral student in History at the University of California, San Diego.
  • Emilia Jastrzebska (MA in Archaeology) is the International Cooperation Coordinator, Polish Army Museum, Warsaw.
  • Vana Kalenderian (BA in Archaeology) is a doctoral student in Forensic Archaeology at the University of Groningen.
  • Sergio Keserwani (BA in Archaeology) is a maritime archaeologist with the Honor Frost Foundation Lebanon Team.
  • Hratch Kestanian (BA and MA in History) is a doctoral student in History at City University of New York.​​
  • Roy Khalil (BA in History) is a free-lance film and TV director and producer based in Beirut. 
  • Munira Khayyat (BA in History) is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the American University in Cairo.
  • Rola Khayyat (BA in History) is an artist and curator in Brooklyn, New York.
  • Wissam Khodur (BA in History) is Head of Artists and Labels for the MENA Region for Spotify, based in Dubai.
  • ​Younjoo Kim (BA in History) is a graduate student in Public Management at KDI School of Public Policy and Management, South Korea.
  • Douha Knio (BA in History) is a graduate student in the MA program in American Government at Georgetown University, Washington DC. 
  • Choon-Hwee Koh (MA in History) is a doctoral student in History at Yale University.
  • Tamara Maatouk (MA in History) is a doctoral student in History at City University of New York.
  • Cara Macadam (BA in History) is Professional Development Coordinator at the Council of International Schools, Haarlem, The Netherlands.
  • Mahmoud Mardini (BA in Archaeology) is a PhD candidate at the Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Center at The Cyprus Institute. 
  • Ramsey Marrouche (BA in Archaeology) is a graduate student in the MA program in Conservation of Archaeological and Museum Objects at Durham University.
  • Rana Mikati (BA in Archaeology) is Assistant Professor of History at the College of Charleston, South Carolina.
  • Karen Moukheiber (MA and PhD in History) is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Balamand.
  • Suleiman Mourad (BA and MA in History) is Professor of Religious Studies at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.
  • Sara Mou​ssalli (BA in History) is a graduate student at ​Imam al-Ouzai College, Beirut.
  • Ashley Naim (BA in Archaeology) is Education and Programming Officer at the Sheikh Abdullah al-Salem Cultural Centre, Kuwait.
  • Pierre Naoufal (BA in History) is a doctoral student in Political Science at the University of Georgia.
  • Wissam Nuwayhed (BA in History) is a doctoral student in Middle East Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
  • Naseem Raad (MA in Archaeology) is a doctoral student in Archaeology at the University of Southampton.
  • Muhammad Rihan (MA in History) is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Balamand.
  • Crystal Safadi (MA in Archaeology) is a Research Fellow in Archaeology at the University of Southampton.
  • Aliya Saidi (MA in History) is Assistant Director of the Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies at AUB.
  • Malik Sharif (BA and MA in History) is a Research Associate at the Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Münster.
  • Matt Sharp (MA in History) is a doctoral student in Near Eastern Language and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania.
  • Yasmine Shawaf (BA in History) is an Advocacy Specialist at the Danish Refugee Council.
  • Fares Sinno (BA in History) is a graduate student in the MA program in Political Studies at AUB.
  • Bedros Torosian (BA and MA in History) is a doctoral student in History at the University of California, Irvine. 
  • Marshall Woodworth (MA in Archaeology) completed his doctorate in Archaeology at the University of Oxford.


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