Music curator of the International Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies ISMEO in Rome, and adjunct professor at the University of Tuscia. He holds a PhD in Musicology from Royal Holloway, University of London, an M.Phil. in Music Studies from the University of Cambridge, a B.A. in Language (Arabic) and Culture from the University of Naples, “L’Orientale”. His research focuses on the use, experience, and mediation of music in everyday life, particularly in the region of the Mediterranean Sea. He is interested in musicological perspectives of Arabic music and interdisciplinary debates around post-colonial nationalism and multiculturalism in the Maghreb.