Hicham Safieddine

Hicham Safieddine is Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in the History of the Modern Middle East. He researches financial, economic and intellectual history (19th and 20th centuries) with a particular emphasis on the MENA region and national liberation struggles. He is author of Banking on the State: The Financial Foundations of Lebanon (2019). In addition to his academic research and teaching, he is the co-founder of e-zines Al-Akhbar English and The Legal Agenda’s English Edition.