In his research, he explores questions of cultural identity and constructions of subjectivities through North African, Middle Eastern, Maghrebi and Arab diasporic writings. His forthcoming book Mutual ‘Othering’ : Islam, Modernity and the Politics of Cross Cultural Encounters (SUNY Press) examines the construction of modernity through relational discourses of representation in texts of travel written by North African and European authors in the 19th century.