Curriculum Vitae

Education

PhD, Arabic and Islamic Studies                                                                   September 2021

Seminar für Arabistik und Islamwissenschaft

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany

-          Dissertation Title         - Supervised by Prof. Dr. Sebastian Günther

Perceptions and Repercussions in Early Imami Legal Discourse

The Case of Ibn Abī ʿAqīl al-ʿUmānī and Ibn al-Junayd al-Iskāfī

 

MA, Arabic Language and Literature                                                           June 2014

­Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages

American University of Beirut, Lebanon

-          Thesis Title (in Arabic) - Supervised by Prof. Dr. Maher Jarrar

The Lawfulness of Working for the Unjust Ruler: A Study in Early Imami Thought and Literature

 

Visiting Graduate Student (Arabic and Islamic Studies)                               Sept. 2012–June 2013

Leiden Institute of Area Studies (LIAS) - Leiden University, Netherlands

 

BA, Arabic Language and Literature (With Distinction)                              February 2011

­Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages - American University of Beirut, Lebanon


Previous Academic Appointments

·         University of Bayreuth, Germany

     October 2019 – October 2021 (fixed term)

     . Lecturer of Arabic Language and Literature.

 

·         SFB 1136: Bildung und Religion – Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany

October 2017-June 2019

. Research Assistant in Teilprojekt D.03: “Ethische Unterweisung als Bildungsdiskurs: Der islamische Moralphilosoph und Historiker Miskawaih (gest. 1030) zwischen Rezeption und Transformation” [Ethical Instruction as Educational Discourse: The Muslim Moral Philosopher and Historian Miskawaih (d. 1030) between Reception and Transformation].

 

·         Seminar für Arabistik und Islamwissenschaft - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany

December 2015-September 2017

. Research Assistant in the research project: Die Göttinger Datenbank zur klassischen und nachklassischen islamischen Pädagogik (GöDIP) [Göttingen Database of classical and postclassical Islamic Pedagogy].

 

·         Lebanese American University (LAU) - Department of Humanities

Academic Year 2013-2014

. Part-time Instructor of Arabic.

 

·         Leiden University, Netherlands - Leiden Institute of Area Studies (LIAS)

Academic Year 2012-2013

. Visiting Instructor of Arabic Language.

 

·         American University of Beirut - Center for Arab & Middle Eastern Studies (CAMES)

Summer 2018

. CAMES Arabic Summer Program, Instructor of Advanced Levels – Thematical Teaching: “Modern Islamic Thought.”

Summer Semesters 2010-2016                                      

. CAMES Arabic Summer Program, Instructor of advanced classes.