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Aria Nakissa
Washington University in St. Louis
Occupation
Assistant Professor
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Discipline
Anthropology
Sub Areas
All Time Periods
Arabic
Islamic Law
Middle East/Near East Studies
Human Rights
Islamic Thought
Southeast Asian Studies
Specialties
Islamic Law, Islamic Legal Education, Secularism,
Languages
Arabic (fluent)
Education
PhD | 2012 | Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies | Harvard
MA | 2011 | Islamic Law | International Islamic University in Malaysia
JD | 2006 | Law School | Harvard Law School
Abstracts
Islamic Theories of Secularism: The Views of Safar al-Hawali and Yusuf al-Qaradawi Abdelwahab Elmessiri and Contemporary Arab Discourses on Secularism Human Rights, Bodily Practice, and the Divine Intentions behind Scripture: Views from Egypt Ijtihad and Civilizational Progress: Imperialism, Capitalism, and the Roots of 19th Century Muslim Religious Reform