His doctoral thesis in history, under the joint supervision of the
EHESS and the
Paris-Sorbonne University, focused on contemporary Egypt, while his thesis in mathematics, argued at the
University of Paris-Sud, was devoted to
linear algebra. Thereafter, he turned his research and publications on the
history of religion (
Samaritans, etc.), on contemporary Middle East and Central and East Asia. He is known to be a great connoisseur on issues related to the Syrian-Lebanese emigration in Egypt that occurred from the middle of the 19th. In 2001 he was entrusted the responsibility of chronicling geopolitics in the monthly
Afrique-Asie. Habib Tawa is secretary to several scientific societies (Société d'études samaritaines 1995–2008, Société des amis des manuscrits et études karaïtes since 1995) and member of the
Société Asiatique and the
Société mathématique de France. == Bibliography ==