Hebah H. Farrag is assistant director of research at the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture. She is a graduate from the American University in Cairo (AUC) receiving a Masters in Middle East Studies. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Southern California and a Graduate Diploma in Forced Migration and Refugee Studies from the AUC. Hebah has worked for and with organizations such as the Levantine Cultural Center, the Youth Policy Institute, Human Rights Watch, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Global Exchange, and Casa Del Pueblo, traveling on delegations to conduct research in places such as Cuba, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, and Chiapas, Mexico.