Mohamad Hodeib

Adjunct Instructor

Nour MJ Hodeib's historical scholarship focuses on leftist sonic counter-cultures in the Middle East. Hodeib explores elements of pop culture and musical dissent during the period commonly referred to as the “global sixties.” He is currently a Doctoral Candidate in the history program, Graduate Center (CUNY), writing a dissertation on leftist sonic counter-cultures of the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990). Hodeib earned an M-Phil (History), MA (History), and MA (Middle East Studies) from the Graduate Center, CUNY (2017) and a BA degree in Political Science/International Affairs from the Lebanese American University (2012).  Aside from academic work, Hodeib is a writer, artist and performer, active in arts communities in and between Brooklyn and Beirut since 2010."

 

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