Muna Al Taweel
Muna Al Taweel
Graduate Professional Assistant
Theories of Nationalism, Politics of Space, Identity Politics, Levantine Postcolonialism, S.W.A.N.A Studies , Trauma Studies
Muna Al Taweel is a doctoral candidate in Cultural Studies at George Mason University. She graduated from Yarmouk University in Jordan with a BA in English and an MA in Literature and Criticism with a concentration on Literary Trauma Theory. Her main focus of study was the literary representation of trauma in 21st century Syrian Literature.
Her current work examines politics of identity, nationalism, and politics of space in the Levant region, and how modes of activism and resistance have evolved after the events of the Arab Spring. She is currently working on a dissertation project examining the ways in which governmental and military institutions in the Levant utilize public space/place to construct narratives of identity and belonging. Her project focuses primarily on Jordan.
Selected Publications
"Cutting through Syria’s Silence: Trauma in Khalid Khalifa’s No Knives in the Kitchens of this City and Asaad Almohammad’s An Ishmael of Syria" - The International Journal of Literary Humanities - April, 2021
Courses Taught
GLOA 101 - Introduction to Global Affairs
CULT 320 - Globalization and Culture
COMM101 - Fundamentals of Communication
Education
M.A in Literary Criticism and Critical Theory - Yarmouk University
B.A in English - Yarmouk University
Recent Presentations
2025, May 29-31. "Whose Streets, Whose Voice? Reading Dissensus in Jordan's Urban Landscape". Cultural Studies Association 23rd Annual Meeting.
2025, April 24-25. “Voices of the Streets: Reading Dissensus in Jordan’s Public Art”. Center for Humanities Research, George Mason University.
2025, March 21-22. “Occupying Public Space: The Jordanian Military in the Streets”. Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
2018, December 13th. “It Could be Me: Reduce Violence against Women”, Yarmouk University and US Embassy in Jordan.
2018, November 26th. “Asylum and Forced Migration: Academic Perspectives” The Center for the Study of Refugees, Displaced Persons and Forced Migration and The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom.