My research focuses on musical performance at the intersection of migration, politics, and religion in Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA). I am developing my first book manuscript, titled The Aurality of Displacement: Hearing Humanitarianism and Migration in Jordan, which investigates how music programs intersect with the global humanitarian industry.

I published a book review on the politics of art in the eastern Mediterranean, and a co-authored piece on AI models for Arab music performance. I’m currently cooking up a few different pieces on displacement, humanitarianism, and cross-cultural translation in Jordan, and I have a forthcoming co-authored publication on generative AI applications for underrepresented music traditions.

Recent Conferences:
AMS 2024 Workshop: “AI Ecstasy? Towards Generative AI Tools for Arab Music”
SEM 2024: “Beyond the Humanitarian Mandate: Critical Approaches to Music and Humanitarianism in Jordan”
32nd Annual Arab Music Conference (Cairo, Egypt): “The Humanitarian Sector and Its Impact on Knowledge Production in Arab Music: The Case of Jordan”