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.