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Fulbright Visiting Scholars

The Middle Eastern Studies Program has applied to the Fulbright Visiting Specialist and Scholar-in-Residence Programs to attract Middle Eastern scholars to Saint Xavier University.

Dr. Zeinab Shahin

Dr. Zeinab Shahin is an Egyptian Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence at Saint Xavier University in Chicago.  She is a senior consultant on women, gender, and development issues in the Middle East and has provided her expertise to the European Union, the Arab League and UNESCO.  She is also a professor of sociology and has lectured at the American University in Cairo, and various other universities in Egypt and the Middle East.  An accomplished scholar, Shahin has made presentations to the World Bank and numerous United Nations World Conferences on Women, and she has served in the Egyptian government as Director of the Social Fund for Development, Gender and Improvement of Living Standard Sector.

Rabab Abbass Mahmoud

Hi! I am Rabab Abbass Mahmoud, a Fulbright Scholar from Egypt. I am teaching the Arabic language and Arabic culture at Saint Xavier University and am a graduate student in the School of Education. I am delighted that I will be spending one academic year (August 15-June 10) at such a respectable university. I am a major in English and I have a certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language from the American University in Cairo. I also taught English as a foreign language there for five years. I taught 107 classes and was placed on the Honor Roll four times for excellence in teaching. In addition, I worked as an elementary school teacher for one year. I am so interested in societal and developmental programs. Thus, I am a member of the “Resala” organization for charities where I teach English as a foreign language for indigent students and students with special needs. I also participate in their program for eliminating illiteracy in Egypt, as well as many of their other charitable activities. For the next year, I plan to continue my studies in the United States to earn my master’s degree in education and specialize in teaching English as a foreign language.