Sfu's Vancity Office Of Community Engagement

On this episode of Below the Radar, our host Am Johal is joined by Amal Ghazal, Director of the Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies, and Associate Professor in the Department of History at SFU with a focus on the modern history of the Middle East and Africa. Born in Lebanon, she has studied at the American University of Beirut and moved to Canada in 1996 to complete her MA and PhD at the University of Alberta. Prior to joining SFU, she was a faculty member at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia. Amal has been the Director of the Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies since 2017, with an emphasis on community engagement within Muslim communities and beyond. You can find out more about the Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies here: http://www.sfu.ca/ccms.html