Awad Halabi

Awad Halabi is an Associate Professor in the Departments of History and Religion at Wright State University, focusing on the modern Middle East and Islam. He also serves as the coordinator in the Minor in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. He completed his doctoral work at the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Toronto. His dissertation, “The Transformation of the Prophet Moses Festival in Jerusalem, 1917-1937: From Local and Islamic to Modern and Nationalist Celebration” was awarded the Middle East Studies Association Malcom H. Kerr Dissertation Award for the Humanities in 2007. His publications have appeared in the Journal of Palestine Studies, Jerusalem Quarterly, Ritual Studies, and edited books.