"Through my research and studio practice, I search for what binds me and separates me from my children. I investigate abjection theories through Julia Kristeva and Georges Bataille and focus on a particular form I call the maternal abject. This occurs at the time an infant separates from its mother, acquires language and maps its own body."

Tampa is a performance which highlighted the ethnic caging process - currently at a peak in Australia. It is part of a PhD research project which critically analyses the gazing process throughout history and how photography played a key role in shaping and influencing cultural outcomes.

"This master's thesis examines the importance of denominational identity among Lebanese immigrants in Montreal. This topic is motivated by three reasons: 1) the longstanding Lebanese debate on the definition of Lebanese identity; 2) the fact that many researchers argue that Lebanese identity, even in a migratory context, is still structured around denominational affiliation; and 3) the need to broaden the scope of French Canadian historiography by focussing on migratory and ethnic phenomena."

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"A testimony of what Beirut used to be, as the basis for an analysis of what it could become... Solidere was just born then, and the economic crisis was not even underlying. Yet, it seemed to me that the roots of upcoming troubles were obvious. And 7 years later, the Lebanese have not even begun to rebuild their common space of living. The no mans land - the former "green line" - remains so today, be it sweeter, cleaner, richer. Instead of a melting pot, the city center is nothing but a border between many worlds. The essence of a battlefield, in other words." His thesis offers an analysis of the following points: The Urban Inequalities in 1975; the Disappearance of the Center and the New Forms of Urbanization; The announced Renaissance of the Lebanese Capital; Beirut: the object of Debate.