has edited the exhibition catalogue "Dafatir: Contemporary Iraqi Book Art" (UNT Art Gallery, 2007). Shabout has curated a number of exhibitions for Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, including "Interventions: A Dialogue Between the Modern and the Contemporary" and "Sajjil: A Century of Modern Art" in 2010. Published works Books Modern Arab Art: Formation of Arab Aesthetics, University of Florida Press, 2007. New Vision: Arab Art in the Twenty-First Century, Transglobe Publishing Ltd. and Thames & Hudson, 2009. Modern Art in the Arab World: Primary Documents, Co-edited with Sarah Rogers and Anneka Lenssen, MoMA Publications, 2018. Catalogues Dafatir: Contemporary Iraqi Book Art, Denton, TX: UNT Art Gallery, 2007. Modernism and Iraq, New York: Columbia University, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, 2009. Interventions: A Dialogue Between the Modern and the Contemporary, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar. Milan: Skira Publisher, 2010. Sajjil: A Century of Modern Art, Exhibition Catalogue, Co-editor and author, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar. Milan: Skira Publisher, 2010. Forever Now: Five Anecdotes from the Permanent Collection, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Bloomsbury, Qatar Foundation Publishing, 2012. Articles She is the author of several articles that examine legal and ethical responsibilities of the US in Iraq after 2003, including: "Opinion: An ancient treasure may be returned to Iraq. Many others are still lost," The Washington Post, July 31, 2021. "The Iraqi Museum of Modern Art: Ethical Implications," Collections (Vol. 2, no. 4, May, AltaMira Press, 2006); "Historiographic Invisibilities: The Case of Contemporary Iraqi Art," the International Journal of the Humanities (volume 3, Number 9, 2006); "The "Free" Art of Occupation: Images for a "New" Iraq," Arab Studies Quarterly (Volume 28, Number 3 and 4 Summer and Fall 2006); and "Preservation of Iraqi Modern Heritage in the Aftermath of the US Invasion of 2003," in Gail Levin and Elaine A. King, eds, An anthology on Ethics in the Art World (Allworth Press, 2006). Awards Among her honors is The American Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TAARII) fellowship 2006 and 2007; and Fulbright Senior Scholar Program, 2007 Lecture/Research fellowship to Jordan Project, "Arab Art Now: A Study of the Contemporary Art Vision in Jordan." She received both an Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant and The Presidential Excellency Award at the University of North Texas in 2018. In 2020, she received the University of North Texas' Regent's Professorship Award, which provides recognition