Najib B. Hourani
- Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
- Associate Professor, Global Urban Studies Program
Contact
334 Baker Hall, Michigan State University
Research Interests
Biographical Info
Najib Hourani (PhD, Politics, New York University, 2005) is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and holds a joint appointment with the Graduate Global Urban Studies Program. He received his BA in Political Science and an MA in Middle East and North African Studies from the University of Michigan. Dr. Hourani also holds an MA in Political Science, with a focus on Central America, from Tulane University.
Dr. Hourani has published extensively on the post-conflict reconstruction of Beirut following the Lebanese Civil War and the 2006 Summer War. In addition he has explored "market driven" urban development and redevelopment in Amman, Jordan.
He co-edited, with Dr. Edward L. Murphy (History, MSU) a volume exploring housing issues entitled "The Housing Question: Tensions, Continuities and Contingencies in the Modern City" (Ashgate 2013); and with Ahmed Kanna (Anthropology, University of the Pacific) a special issue of the Journal of Urban Affairs entitled "Arab Cities in the Neoliberal Moment" (Vol. 6, no. 2, 2014).
Publications
Hourani, Najib, “From National Utopia to Elite Enclave: The Selling of the Beirut Souqs” in Gary McDonogh and Marina Peterson, eds.. Global Downtowns. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012.
Hourani, Najib, “War of the Banks: Globalization of the Lebanese Civil War.” Geopolitics, Vol. 15, No. 3, 2010.
Hourani, Najib, 2008. “The Militiaman Icon: Cinema, Memory and the Lebanese Civil Wars.” CR: The New Centennial Review, Vol. 8, Issue 2, 2008.