Ph.D., 1991, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

    Population health; demography of refugee population; migration; Arab fertility; living conditions; poverty and social exclusion.

Khawaja, M., Nathalie Choueiry, Rozzet Jurdi.  Hospital-based caesarian section in the Arab region: An overview, Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal (In press)

Khawaja M., El-Nsour M., Saad. G., Khat (Catha edulis) chewing during pregnancy in Yemen: Findings from a national population survey, Maternal and Child Health Journal (In press).

Choueiry, N., Khawaja, M., Displacement and health status in low income women: Findings from a population-based study in greater Beirut, Journal of Migration and Refugee Issues  (In press).

Hammoury, N., Khawaja M., Screening for domestic violence during pregnancy in an antenatal clinic in Lebanon, European Journal of Public Health (In press).

Khawaja M., Habib., R., Husbands’ involvement in housework and women’s psychosocial health. Findings from a population-based study in Lebanon (2007), American Journal of Public Health 97 (5): 860-866.

Younis, Khalid, Khawaja M., Beydoun H., Khojali M. and Tamim. H., Intrauterine growth standards in a developing country: A study of singleton live births at 28 to 42 weeks’ gestation, Paediatrics & Perinatal Epidemiology (accepted)

Mumtaz, G., Tamim, H., Kanaan, M., Khawaja, M., Khojali, M., Wakim, G., & Younis, K. (2007). Effect of consanguinity on birth weight for gestational age in a developing country (with invited commentary). American Journal of Epidemiology.165: 742-752.

Khawaja, M., Barazi, R., & Linos, N. (2007)Maternal cultural participation and child health status in a Middle Eastern context: Evidence from the urban health study (with invited commentary). Child: Care, Health & Development. 33:117-125

Khawaja, M., Abdulrahim, S., Afifi-Soweid, R., & Karam, D. (2006) Distrust, social fragmentation and adolescents' health in the outer city: Beirut and beyond. Social Science & Medicine. 63: 1304-1315.

Khawaja, M . , & Mowafi M. (2006) Cultural capital and self-rated health in low income women: A case study from Lebanon. Journal of Urban Health 83 (3): 444-458.

Khawaja, M ., & Randall, S. (2006) The Intifada, Palestinian fertility and women’s education. Genus. LXII: 21-52.

Khawaja, M ., Salem-Twetel, M., Obeid, M., & Saliba, M. (2006) Civic Engagement, gender and self-rated health in poor communities: Evidence from Jordan’s refugee camps. Health Sociology Review. 15(2) 192-208.

Saliba, M., Khawaja, M., & El-Kak, F. (2006). Symptomatology of menopause among middle-aged women in peri and early post menopause phase residing in low income communities.Saudi Medical Journal 27:1436-1438.

Khawaja, M ., & Barazi R. (2005). Prevalence of wife beating in Jordan refugee camps. Reports of men and women. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 59(10), 840-841.

Mowafi, M., & Khawaja, M. (2005). Poverty: A glossary. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 59(4), 260-264.

Khawaja, M., Rozzet, J., & Kabakian-Khasholian, T. (2004). Rising trends in caesarian section rates in Egypt. Birth, 31(1), 12-16.

Khawaja, M ., Kabakian-Khasholian, T., & Jurdi, R. (2004). Determinants of caesarian section in Egypt: Evidence from the Demographic and Health Survey. Health Policy, 69(3), 273-281. (Lead article).

Khawaja, M . (2004). Domestic violence in refugee camps in Jordan. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 86(1), 67-69.

Khawaja, M .., & Twetel-Salem, M. (2004). Agreement between husband and wife reports of domestic violence: Evidence from poor refugee communities in Lebanon. International Journal of Epidemiology, 33(3), 526-533.

Khawaja, M., &Afifi-Soweid, R.A. (2004). Images of body weight among young men and women: Evidence from Beirut, Lebanon. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 58(4), 352-353.

Afifi-Soweid, R.A., Khawaja, M . , & Salem, M.T. (2004). Religious identity and smoking behavior among adolescents: Evidence from entering students at the American University of Beirut. Health Communication, 16(1), 47-62.

Khawaja, M . (2004). The extraordinary decline of infant and childhood mortality among Palestinian refugees. Social Science & Medicine, 58(3), 463-470.

Jurdi, R., & Khawaja, M . (2004). Caesarian section rates in the Arab region: A cross national study. Health Policy and Planning, 19(2), 101-110.

Khawaja, M.(2003). Fertility of Palestinian women in Gaza, West Bank, Jordan and Lebanon. Population, 58(3), 273-302. (Lead article).

Khawaja, M.,& Blome-Jacobsen, L. (2003). Familial relations and labor market outcomes: Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. Social Science Research, 32(4), 579-602.

Khawaja, M.(2003). Migration and the reproduction of poverty: The Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. International Migration, 41(2), 27-57.

Khawaja, M.(2002). Internal Migration in Syria: Findings from a National Survey. Oslo: Fafo. ISBN: 82-7422-366-7 (140 pp).

Khawaja, M., & Åage Tiltnes (Eds.). (2002). On the Margins: Migration and Living Conditions of the Refugee Camp Population in Jordan.  Oslo: Fafo. ISBN: 82-7422-343-8 (210 pp).

Jon, P., Randall, S., & Khawaja, M. (Eds.). (2001). Growing Fast: The Palestinian Population in the West Bank and GazaStrip. Oslo: Fafo. ISBN: 82-7422-309-8 (192 pp.)

Khawaja, M.(2000). The recent rise in Palestinian fertility: Permanent or transient? Population Studies, 54(3), 331-346.

McLaughlin, P., & Khawaja, M. (2000). The organizational dynamics of the U.S. Environmental movement, legitimation, resource mobilization, and political opportunity. Rural Sociology, 63(3), 422-439.