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Fazia Aitel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, affiliated with the City University of New York. Her academic work bridges French, North African, and postcolonial literary studies with a strong focus on immigration, gender, and cultural identity.
Her research interests include:
- Immigration in France
- African and North African cinema
- Francophone literature from Africa
- Berber studies
- Women’s writing in France and North Africa
- Postcolonial theory and globalization
- Nationalism
Her recent publications explore the symbolic and sociopolitical dimensions of the veil and the discourse surrounding Beur (second-generation North African) identity in France and American academia. These works reflect a deep engagement with cultural representation, identity formation, and postcolonial critique.
She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York.
Fazia Aitel has co-edited and published significant scholarly works, contributing to interdisciplinary dialogues in literature and cultural studies.
She teaches courses in French, Comparative Literature, North African Literature, Cinema, and Immigration, aligning pedagogy with her research expertise. Her office hours are listed as Monday and Wednesday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Roberts North 217.
