 Shaheen received two Fulbright teaching awards He was also the Distinguished Visiting Scholar at New York University’s Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies.Shaheen was a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers, often walked along the beaches of Hilton Head Island and was a former member of the Hilton Head Orchestra board of directors.He also attended, as one obituary describes, "services at Holy Resurrection Greek Orthodox Church in Bluffton.