Maha Shuayb

Dr Shuayb was supported by the Saïd Foundation to study for an MA in Counselling at Newcastle University in 2000 and for a PhD in Education at the University of Cambridge the following year. She currently leads the Center for Lebanese Studies, a policy research centre focused on education and social cohesion.

Dr Shuayb has won several prestigious research awards, one of which is the Lyle Spencer research award worth one million US dollars to conduct a comparative research study of the schooling experiences and integration of refugees in Lebanon, Turkey Germany and Australia. Outside of her work, she co-founded the Lebanese History Association to promote the teaching and learning of history in Lebanon, this association has trained over 500 history teachers in Lebanon and was asked to help establish similar associations in other countries in the Arab world including Jordan and Palestine. 

Watch this video in which Dr Shuayb talks about her journey to the UK and how the Saïd Foundation scholarship helped her achieve her goals and make a positive change in Lebanon.