Mireille Rebeiz

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT MIREILLE REBEIZ

As a scholar and educator, I am experienced in Middle Eastern Studies, Francophone Studies, and Women’s Gender & Sexuality Studies. Drawing on my PhD in Francophone Studies and my LLM in International Law and Human Rights, I examine the intersectionality of law, gender, sexuality, oral history, and trauma in context of armed conflicts with a focus on the Middle East and North Africa. I am also an advocacy worker with a strong commitment to social justice. I am experienced in legal translation with ability to work in four languages (Arabic/Levantine Dialect, French, and English). My book \"Gendering Civil War. Francophone Women’s Writing in Lebanon\", for which I earned the AAUW American Fellowship, was published with Edinburgh University Press (March 2022) and was nominated for the John Leonard Prize. My second book examines Hezbollah’s unlawful activities in Lebanon since 1982 and is currently under consideration. My most recent research project focuses on the Beirut barracks bombing of 1983 that killed 241 American servicemembers and 58 French parachutists. In this project, I explore gaps in Lebanese, French, and American histories, and write veterans’ oral stories. Several of my articles appeared in peer-reviewed national and international journals. I am also finishing my second doctorate in International Law (SJD) at Penn State Dickinson Law.