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Sofian Merabet is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin in the Department of Anthropology. Specializing as a socio-cultural anthropologist, he focuses on modern Middle Eastern studies with particular attention to Lebanon and Syria, as well as the wider Muslim world and immigrant communities in Europe and the Arab diaspora in South America, notably Argentina. His interdisciplinary research merges human geography, queer identity formation, and the social production of queer spaces. He employs comparative methodologies to address the intersections of religious, cultural history, politics, and sexuality. His professional interests encompass socio-cultural theory, urban studies, gender studies, and queer theory, contributing significantly to academic discourse in these areas.
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