2023 Research Grant Winners

Hashtags & Holy Texts: A Social Network Analysis of Anti-Feminist Discourses and the Religious
Rhetoric Silencing Arab Women
Dr. Shoaa Almalki, University of Texas at Austin

Understanding AI Adoption in African Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities for Policy, Practice, and Content Delivery
Mr. Samba Bah, Ohio University

By the Numbers and from their Own Voices: Identifying and Explaining Pathways to Students' Thriving at a Public University in Benin
Mr. Oumarou Abdoulaye Balarabe, Ohio University

The Biopolitics of Material Cultures: Unearthing the Artistic Traditions of Representing Female Agency in the Smithsonian Collection of Luba Tribal Objects
Mrs. Murielle Sandra Tiako Djomatchoua, Princeton University

"The Democracy of the Stomach": Historicizing Soldier Complaints and National Security in Colonial Nigeria (1944-1960)
Ms. Ngozi Edeagu, University of Bayreuth

The Protection of Women from Cyber Blackmail in Arab Countries in the Light of International Human Rights Law
Dr. Mohammed Elshobake, International Islamic University Malaysia

Forging Ethno-nationalism in Tigray (1943 - 1975)
Mr. Mengesha Endalew, Texas Tech University

The Challenges and Opportunities of Religious Diaspora Advocacy: The Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Community in North America as a Case Study
Mrs. Lilian Estafanous, Queen's University

Language Maintenance in Kabyle-Tamazight: Social Consensus and Policy Victories
Ms. Dehbia Gaoua and Mr. Andre Philippe Batchelder-Schwab, Boston University

What Do We Mean by Sharia Government?
Mr. Caleb Griffin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Addressing Teenage Pregnancy and Related Public Health Issues in Rhino Camp Refugee Settlements in Uganda
Dr. Robert Kagabo, Utah Tech University

What do the Kurds in Turkey Want Now? Public and Private Perceptions on Autonomy and Secession in Istanbul and the Southeast
Mr. Aslam Kakar, Rutgers University-Newark

Analyzing Iran's Minoritized National Communities Through the Framework of the Security-Development Nexus and the Jina Mahsa Amini Protests
Dr. Eric Lob, Florida International University

The Rise and Fall of Israel's Anti-Apartheid Policy: The Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC) and its Relations with Israel During the 1960s
Dr. Asher Lubotzky, University of Houston

Redefining the North African City: Villes Nouvelles in Algiers and Tunis
Mr. Tyson Luneau, University at Albany

Iran, Religious Agents, and the People: Voices from Khuzestan
Dr. Elisheva Machlis, Bar-Ilan University

Does it Matter for Africa with Whom it Trades? Estimations of the Impacts of Africa's Trade with the EU and China on Corruption
Prof. Tereza Němečková, Metropolitan University Prague

Revisiting the Kurdish Opening in Turkey: Dual State Strategy and Territorial Control
Dr. Dilan Okcuoglu, Abersywyth University and University of Sussex

Terrorism and Resilience in the Lake Chad Basin: How At-Risk Communities Protect Themselves
Dr. Obasesam Okoi, University of St. Thomas, Minnesota

From Arab-Israeli Conflict to Arab-Israeli Integration: A New Textbook for Understanding the Contemporary Middle East
Dr. Jason Olson, Brigham Young University – Hawaii

The Myth of “Zaim”/ “Zuema”: Revisiting the Lebanese Elite Terminology in 1950s
Mr. Taylan Paksoy, Bilkent University

The Future of the US-Israel Relations: Less Emotional, More Strategic—and Durable?
Dr. Ziv Rubinovitz, University of Haifa

"Destruction of Noxious Beast": Conservation, Ox-Plowing, and Late British Colonial Rule in The Gambia, West Africa
Mr. Sana Saidykhan, Ohio University

The Question of Palestine in the Context of State-Ulema Relations in Iran, 1947 - 1949
Prof. Soli Shahvar, University of Haifa

An Entangled History and Memory: Jewish Celebration of Abrahamic Tradition and Longing for Jerusalem in Arabic Poetry from the Cairo Genizah
Dr. Ahmed Sheir, Trinity College Dublin

The Young generation in the Arab society in Israel - (The Arab Woman in Israel in a Tight Spot: Academia and Career Versus Marriage and Family)
Mr. Igal Shiri, Ariel University

Newroz (New Day)? Saddam Hussein's Arabization of Iraqi Kurdistan, 1975-1979
Prof. Larry Simpson, High Point University (ret.)

The Question of the Financial Reform of Iran—Geopolitical Interests and Modernization During the Late Qajar Era
Mr. István Vácz, Eötvös Loránd University

Politics of Disassimilation
Ms. Hind Wright, The New School for Social Research