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Abeer Shaheen is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African studies at Columbia University. She holds a B.A. from An-Najah National University/Palestine, an M.A. in international studies from Birzeit University/Palestine, and an M.A. in political science from Columbia University.

Shaheen taught for four years in the departments of cultural studies and political science at Birzeit University before joining the political science department at Columbia, where she taught courses in comparative politics and Middle Eastern politics. She joined the Arabic language teaching team at MESAAS last year. Her research focuses on how to rethink Middle Eastern politics in the light of the war in Iraq and its aftermath. Her interests include theories of power/knowledge and identity-making in the modern Middle East.