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Featured Publications
- Diversity and Unity in Transnational Shi’ism: Proceedings of the International Symposium at Harvard University (April 5-8, 2021). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.Abstract. 12/2021.
- Engaging Sectarian De-Escalation: Proceedings of the Symposium on Islam and Sectarian De-Escalation at Harvard Kennedy School. Cambridge, MA, USA: Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.Abstract. 8/25/2019.
. 4/10/2019. - Legacies of Islamic Ecumenicism: Taqrib, Shi'a-Sunni Relations, and Globalized Politics in the Middle East. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.Abstract. 6/1/2021.
- Iran's Syria Strategy: The Evolution of Deterrence.” International Affairs, 95, 2, Pp. 341-364. Publisher's VersionAbstract. 2/4/2019. “
- Nizari Ismaili Engagements with the Qur'an: The Khojas of South Asia.” In Communities of the Qur'an: Dialogue, Debate, and Diversity in the Twenty-First Century, edited by Emran El-Badawi and Paula Sanders, Pp. 39-56. London, UK: One World Publications.. 2019. “
- The Myth and Reality of Iraq’s al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces): A Way Forward. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES). Publisher's VersionAbstract. 9/2017.
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