Awards, Grants, and Patents

External

  • 2025 — Gwenn Okruhlik Dissertation Award, Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies. Honorable Mention, World History Association Dissertation Prize Committee. 
  • 2019 — AGAPS Inaugural Graduate Student Travel Grant, Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies. 
  • 2016–2017 — Fulbright Foreign Student Grant, US Department of State (stipend, full tuition, and fees). 
  • 2016 — Academic Excellence Award, H.H. Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak (USD 5,500). 
  • 2015 — Academic Excellence Award, H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum. 
  • 2014 — Academic Excellence Award, Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (USD 1,400). Excellence Award, 2nd International Universities Arabic Debating Championship, Qatar Debate, Qatar Foundation, Doha. 

University-affiliated 

  • Princeton University 2024–2025 — Culture, Society, and Religion Graduate Research Fellow, Department of Religion. 
  • 2023 — Near Eastern Studies Conference Grant, Department of Near Eastern Studies. 
  • 2019 — Near Eastern Studies Conference Grant, Department of Near Eastern Studies. 
  • 2019 — Conference Travel Grant, Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies. 
  • 2018 — Near Eastern Studies Conference Grant, Department of Near Eastern Studies. 
  • 2018 — PIIRS Summer Language Fellowship, Princeton Institute for International Studies (Swahili language).
  • 2018 — Program in African Studies Language Fellowship, Princeton Institute for International Studies (Swahili language). 
  • 2018 — Near Eastern Studies Research Fellowship, Department of Near Eastern Studies.