Dr. Habiba Boumlik is a Professor in the Department of Education and Language Acquisition at LaGuardia. She received her Ph.D. in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Strasbourg, France. She also holds an M.A. in Arabic and Islamic Studies and a BA in French as a Foreign Language from the University of Besancon, France. Dr. Boumlik's academic background and teaching experience include Arabic, French language and francophone literature, and MENA (Middle East and North Africa) cinema. She is the founder and co-director of the New York Forum of Amazigh film (www.nyfaf.com), an annual film festival showcasing shorts, documentaries and features celebrating the Amazigh (Berber) people. For a complete list of Dr. Boumlik's publications, refer to: https://bit.ly/hboumlik.