Administration
Anouar Majid
Ph.D.
Vice President for Global Affairs; Managing Director of UNE Morocco; Founding Director of the Center for Global Humanities, Founding Director of the Tangier Global Forum; Professor of English
Anouar Majid is Vice President for Global Affairs, founding director of the Center for Global Humanities (Maine, USA) and the Tangier Global Forum (Morocco), and founding chair of the Department of English, which he headed from 2000 to 2009. He conceived and established UNE's campus in Tangier and is the managing director of UNE's operations in Morocco. Majid has published widely on relations between Islam and the West. He is the author of Islam and America: Building a Future Without Prejudice (Rowman &... Read More
Full-time Faculty
Khalid Amine
Ph.D.
Khalid teaches courses on Moroccan society and culture at UNE Morocco. He is also a senior professor at Abdelmalek Essaadi University in Tetouan, Morocco. He holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature from Abdelmalek Essaadi University and an M.A. in Literature-Drama from the University of Essex in the United Kingdom. In addition, Khalid is the founding president of the International Research Centre for Performance Studies; the founding director of the International Festival Performing Tangier; and a former director of Tangier's Professional... Read More
Adil Chahboun
Ph.D.
Adil received his Ph.D. and MSci. in solid state physics from Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse, France, and is a widely published expert on solid state physics. His research interests include doped ZnO nanostructures embedded in dielectrics, nanocrystals-based photovoltaic systems, and the modelisation of hydrophobic surfaces. He has more than twenty years of teaching experience, and currently teaches at both UNE Morocco and the Faculty of Sciences and Techniques (FST) in Tangier.... Read More
Abdelaziz Dahdouh
Ph.D.
Abdelaziz holds a Ph.D. in bioorganic chemistry from University Abdelmalek Essaadi and has over twenty years of teaching experience. His research interests include heterochemistry in organic synthesis and application; chemistry of natural substances and application; and the study of the structure-activity relationship. In addition to teaching organic chemistry at UNE Morocco, he serves as a professor of chemstry at University Abdelmalek Essaadi; the director of the laboratory of applied organic chemistry; and a member of both the Moroccan Society of... Read More
Anthony David
Ph.D.
Tony went off to college to Brandeis to study under German-Jewish scholar Frank Manual, an historian of utopianism. It was Professor Manual’s suggestion that he continue his studies with the philosopher Ernst Tugendtat, his friend at the Free University in West Berlin. In East Berlin he wrote an unpublished novel, the first of many, and with his friend David he began the first English school in the former communist capital. From there it was off to the University of... Read More
Anisse Saadi
Ph.D.
Dr. Anisse Saadi has a Ph.D. in Cell Biology from the University of Oklahoma. He also has a bachelor’s degree in Bio Technology and Genetic Improvement of Plants from the University of Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco. He has been teaching Anatomy & Physiology and Applied Micro Biology at The University of New England for the past three years. He has also been working at the American School of Tangier as a Biology and Chemistry teacher for the past seven years.... Read More
Professional Staff
Mourad was born in Tangier, Morocco and completed his university studies in Fes, Morocco and the Université Lumière Lyon 2 in France. He holds a master's degree in linguistics and a computer science diploma from the Tangier Applied Technical Institute. Before joining UNE in October 2013, Mourad worked as Training Officer and Management Specialist with the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB), a government broadcasting relay station based in Morocco. Outside of the office, Mourad enjoys sports, especially basketball, along with drawing... Read More
Douaa holds a bachelor’s degree in English Literature and Linguistics from University Abdelmalek Essaadi and speaks five languages. Prior to joining the UNE Morocco team, she was the project leader at the International Center of Interweaving Cultures and Performance in Berlin, where she brought Moroccan and German students together. She has also worked with CIEE and CEA study abroad exchange programs in Granada and Seville to bring American university students to Morocco.Read More
A Tangier native, Karima Dinia received her law degree from Mohammed V University in Rabat. After practicing private law, she returned to Tangier and took over her family catering business, Société Tangerin's Cream. Her company has worked with many different public and private clients, including consulates, ministries, festivals, films, hotels, schools, and cultural institutions. She became the campus chef at UNE Morocco in 2014, an experience she finds very fulfilling because it enables her to meet young people from a... Read More
Mohamed Hounaini was born in Tangier and has attended schools in both Morocco and Spain, studying design, electromechanics, international business, and the management of operating systems. In addition to serving as UNE Morocco's Technical Director, he is the founder and director of iTech, an engineering systems and applied technology consulting and design company. Outside of work, he is interested in Formula 1 racing, cars, rockets, physics, astronomy and history.Read More