Saadi Nikro studied Critical Theory and Sociology, then travelled as an Australian Volunteer Abroad working for an NGO in a developing country. He lived for four years in Lebanon, and in 2008 was residing in Germany, where he has been working on a book on the novels of the Lebanese writer Elias Khoury. [Source: ///0/project at http://www.111101.net/ ]
Nikro's PhD thesis is titled 'Shifting margins, imaginary journeys : writing migrant experience' (UNSW, 1997).