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Amanda Rogers is a PhD Candidate (Art History) and an Arabic Lecturer (Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies) at Emory University. Her work has been featured in The Journal of North African Studies, H-Net, Aslan Media, and Kifah Libya, among others. She has been a fellow of numerous granting organizations, including Fulbright IIE, Fulbright Hays, AIMS (American Institute of Maghrib Studies), AIYS (American Institute of Yemeni Studies), and CAORC (Council of American Overseas Research Centers). Her research interests include the intersection of gender, religion, art, violence, popular culture and politics across the Middle East and North Africa. She has taught and conducted research across Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. She is currently completing her dissertation and is serving as the Dean’s Distinguished Teaching fellow at Emory University, in the Departments of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies, in conjunction with the History of Art. She holds a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Studio Arts and Art History from the University of Kansas. Her academic work can be found at http://emory.academia.edu/AmandaRogers.

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