Professor of Sociology at the University of Hassan II Casablanca. Khalil's main academic focus lies in the fields of sociology and social sciences. While his research interests also includes culture, art, symbolism, exclusion, migration, insecurity, disability, sexuality and social movements. Khalil works as an expert with international organisations, and has recently published several studies, including: ‘Vivre déscolarisé à Casablanca, la violence dans la ville où la vulnérabilité des ouvrières’