Maha Shuayb is a founding member and the former president of the Lebanese Association for History. She is currently the director of the Centre for Lebanese Studies at the Lebanese American University. She is also a co-founding member of the Disability Hub, a collective initiative that aims to promote research and advocacy around disability in the Arab World. Her research focuses on the sociology and politics of education, particularly equity and equality in education, and the implications of inequalities on marginalized groups such as refugee children and persons with disabilities. Her research interests also focus on educational reform in Lebanon.