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Karen Ruffle
University of Miami
Occupation
Assistant Professor
Contact
Department of Religious Studies
University of Miami PO Box 248264
Coral Gables FL 33124-4651
United States
Discipline
Religious Studies/Theology
Sub Areas
Comparative
Gender/Women's Studies
Iranian Studies
Islamic Studies
South Asian Studies
Theory
Geographic Areas of Interest
India
Iran
Pakistan
Specialties
Hagiography, Sainthood, Gender
S Asian Islam
Shiism
Languages
Arabic (intermediate)
Hindi (advanced)
Persian (advanced)
Urdu (advanced)
Education
PhD | 2007 | Rel Stds/Theo | U of N Carolina at Chapel Hill
MA | 2001 | Rel Stds | UNC - Chapel Hill
Abstracts
Umm Abiha: Fatimah al-Zahra as the Mother of Prophecy and the Imamate