Waleed F. Mahdi is an associate professor and co-director of Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma. He is a recipient of several national and international awards. His peer-reviewed work appears in top-tiered journals, including American Quarterly, Journal of American Ethnic History, and Journal of Cinema and Media Studies. His recent book, Arab Americans in Film: From Hollywood and Egyptian Stereotypes to Self-Representation (Syracuse University Press, 2020), examines how Arab American belonging is constructed, defined, and redefined across Hollywood, Egyptian, and Arab American cinemas. He also guest-edited special issues and completed a multi-institutional research collaboration with Columbia University, the University of Jordan, and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. Waleed has been elected President of the Arab American Studies Association for a two-year term (2024-2025). Waleed's current research relates to contemporary Yemeni migration and Yemeni diasporic cultural productions.
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University of Oklahoma
University, Norman, Oklahoma, United States
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