I am a cultural and social historian of the modern Middle East. I have specific interest in medicine, professionalization, and education in the modern Middle East. I have a broad training in cultural and social histories accumulated in interdisciplinary environments.

My research considers the intersection between colonialism and gender in the production and reproduction of class dynamics in the context of professionalization. I am particularly interested in the politics of archives and archiving, the complex process of knowledge production, and the intricate gate-keeping practices that reproduce it.

I received my PhD from York University (2019) for writing a dissertation on medical education, professionalization, and health in late Ottoman and independent Iraq. Since then, I've taught at various universities in Canada and the Middle East. I teach a variety of courses on modern world history. These offerings carry a wide range of themes including colonialism, nationalism, medicine and health, crime and criminality, and intellectual history, among others.