Research

• Historiography and the Novel: Examining the fluid boundaries between historical record and fictional narrative, and how literature functions as a form of alternative history.

• Aesthetics of Resistance: Analysing the aesthetic and political responses of novelistic narration to state-sanctioned history and political conflict.

• Subversive Fiction: The use of Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, and Magical Realism as tools for political subversion and social critique.

• Trauma and Collective Memory: How narratives reconstruct identity in the wake of displacement and political violence.

• Comparative Political Fictions: Exploring the intersection of power, agency, and narrative voice across Anglophone and Arabic literary traditions.

• Linguistic Mediation in Conflict: The role of interpretation and narrative framing in humanitarian outreach and international advocacy.