Dr. Maya Aghasi is Assistant Professor of literature in the Department of English at the American University of Sharjah, and she serves as the faculty adviser of the student-run e-journal, Asrar: Dialogues from the Diaspora. She loves working with students to produce each issue because of their passion, determination, and endless stream of fresh ideas. Her research studies how issues of globalization and migration challenge identity politics and social and cultural modes of being, and she is currently working on a project on Lebanese film and political activism. In her spare time (when she has it!), she loves to cook, do yoga, and hang out with her partner and spunky two-year-old daughter.