Would like to study International Law, afterwards, Nadia is interested in a variety of fields (refugee advocacy, human rights work, foreign service).
Middle East Center, Arabic Honor Society, Amnesty International, Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority, Social Science Scholars, Arabic Language House (Arabic LLC), International Rescue Committee (volunteer coordinator Oct 2022-present, coordinate a team of ten volunteers to help with the integration of an Afghan refugee family, as well as tutor Afghan refugee students), Unconquered by Debt (fall 23-spring 24, tabling).
Sambosas!
Nadia is interested in studying international law, US foreign policy, human rights and refugee crises.
In the summer of 2023, Nadia interned at a refugee aid organization in Halle, Germany. As a part of her role, she helped conduct research on the local refugee community. This included developing her understanding not only of international refugee law, but also of German policy towards refugees and refugee resettlement. She conducted interviews with various members of the Halle refugee community, utilizing her German and Arabic language skills, to better understand their stories, their arrival, their experiences with cultural and economic integration vs isolation in Halle, and other themes regarding their resettlement process. In the same summer, Nadia (along with four other members of the FSU Honors Program) conducted research on developing surveillance technologies used in Florida, and presented at the Oxford Consortium for Human Rights, a week-long program focused on human rights and technology, hosted at Oxford University, UK.
This coming summer, Nadia will travel to Muscat, Oman, to conduct Honors in the Major research relating to refugeehood in countries (e.g. Oman) that have not ratified the 1951 UN Refugee Convention. Her project will look at how refugeehood has manifested in Omani national and Islamic legal discourses, and how this has supplemented/contradicted international refugee law. Her director is associate professor of History, Dr. Will Hanley, and committee members consist of Dr. Adam Gaiser in the Religions department, and Mark Schlakman from the law school.