Education

• 1989: PhD in Psychology, Sorbonne University, Paris V. Dissertation topic: “The social, religious and sexual themes  in moral education in Lebanese families—a comparison between Christian and Muslim families in Beirut”

Academic responsibilities

• 2006-2008: Coordinator of the committee on the early childhood education curriculum, Faculty of Education, Lebanese University
• 2000-2002: Chair of the Department of Educational Psychology
• 1998-2000: Member of the scientific board of Research and Educational Studies, Faculty of Education, Lebanese University
• 2012-2015: Coordinator of the research team “Early Childhood Care” at The Lebanese University>
• -2015-2018: President of the ” Centre of Research and Educational Sudies” Faculty of Education, Lebanese University.

Selected conferences and other Activities

-          Member of the organising committee for :

o   the international conference “What a story: Children’s Literature Today,” Lebanese Association of Women Researchers (LAWR), Beirut, 12-14 June 2009

o   the regional workshop on “Women and Money,” LAWR, Beirut, February 2009

o   the seminar on “Gender Mainstreaming in the Academic policies of the Lebanese University,” LAWR in cooperation with the Lebanese University and the Regional Office of UNESCO,Beirut 2005

-          Since 1994: Member of several editing committees of the annual book Bahithat, LAWR

Selected publications:

-  2021: Play and social adaptation- Case of Syrian Children Refugees in Lebanon; KSAAC, Kuwait (Book)

-      2019: Syrian Women Refugees: Motherhood challenges’, IIE (with Nahawand El Kaderi) (Book)) Academia.org

-       2018: Childhood Policy in Lebanon, LAWR, Beirut, (Book) shamaa.org

-  2015:Pedagogical Resources for day-care centres in Lebanon, Lebanese University

-          2012: Reggio Emilia Perspective in Early Childhood; Beirut, Dar Al Nahda Alarabia (Book)

-          2009: “Children’s Books and Censorship in Lebanon,” presented at the international conference on “Children’s Literature Today,” LAWR, Beirut 12-14 June.

-          2008: “The Cultural Practices of Arab Teenagers,” TAKAM TIKOU, no 15, November issue.

-          2006: “Reconstructing Childhood Institutions in the Information Era,” presented at the conference on “Family and Child Culture in the Information Society,” Muscat, July 24-27

-          2006: “Best Practices in Legislation and Models of Existing Service Provision among Policy Makers and ECD Professionals, Case studies,” Lebanon, The Arab Resource Collective (ARC).

-          2006: Play in Early Childhood, Beirut: Lebanese Association for Educational Studies (LAES).

-          2006: “Lebanese Mothers Reflect on Their Lives,” Bahithat IX, LAWR.

-          2005: “Mainstreaming Gender in Higher Education: an international perspective” in the seminar on “Mainstreaming Gender in the Lebanese University Academic Policies,” LAWR in cooperation with the Lebanese University and the Regional Office of UNESCO, Beirut, 5 June 2005.

-          2005: “The role of Municipalities in Developing Early Childhood Education and Care: The International Experience,” presented at the conference on “Urban Children and Youth in the MENA Region: Addressing the Priorities in Education,” Dubai, May 16-18

-          2004: “Maternal feminism: The Role and Discourse of Housewives in Lebanon,” Bahithat VIII, LAWR

-          2004: Background Paper on “Education and Leisure time” in the third National Report “Children’s Situation in Lebanon 1998-2003,” The Higher Council for Childhood

-          2003: “The Child Culture in Lebanon under Censorship,” presented at the conference on “Censorship Institutions and Scientific Research in the Arab World,” Tamimi Foundation, Tunis

-          2003: Promoting Reading: The Role of Schools, NGOs and Municipalities, Beirut: Lebanese Center for Policy Studies.

-          2002: Preschool Education in Lebanon (co-authored), LAES ,Beirut

-          2001: Children’s Literature in Lebanon, Beirut: Dar El Fikr Al-lubnani

-          2001: “Educational Values and Orientation in Three Selected Arabic, French and English Reading Textbooks,” Values and Education: Third Yearbook,Beirut, LAES

-          1999: Images of woman in the Lebanese new textbooks, seminar on the New curriculum in Lebanon, CRDP

-          1999:  “A critical Review of the Pre-School Curriculum,” Beirut, LAES 

-          1998: “The Absence of Girls’ Political Power in Children’s Books,” Bahithat IV, LAWR

-          1995: “Family and Immigration in Lebanon,” National Defense no.12, April  Issue

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