Occupation
Assistant Professor
Contact
1252 Memorial Drive
Ashe Administration, 502
Coral Gables
FL
33146
United States
ABOUT
Nebil Ahmed Husayn received his BA in Middle Eastern studies from the University of Virginia, with a concentration in Arabic, Persian and early Islamic history. A Fulbright fellowship from 2004-2006 provided an opportunity to complete research in Syria, where he became the Public Relations Director for the H?shimid Genealogy Trust. In addition to research on the history and segmentation of Alid populations, he completed seminary coursework in Arabic, comparative law, history and theology in Syria and Tarim, Yemen. He completed his graduate work in Islamic Studies at Harvard and Princeton University. His research interests include the contributions of Alids to Islamic intellectual and political history, pro-Alid treatises on the Imamate, and Mu‘tazili and Shi’i legal theories and theology.
Discipline
Religious Studies/Theology
Sub Areas
Islamic Studies
Islamic Thought
Geographic Areas of Interest
All Middle East
Islamic World
Specialties
Pro-Alid Sunni And Shi'i Intellectual History
The Intellectual And Political History Of Alids
Mutazili Thought
Languages
Arabic (fluent)
Amharic (intermediate)
Persian (advanced)
Education
PhD
| 2016
| Near Eastern Studies
| Princeton University
MA
| 2010
| Near Eastern Languages and Civ.
| Harvard University
Abstracts
Treatises on the Salvation of Abu Talib
Enmity for ‘Alī and His Family: The Discourse between Anti-Alid and Anti-Shī‘ī
Interpreting Miracles in Muslim Sacred Texts
The Rehabilitation of ‘Ali in Sunni Islam
Al-Ka'bi, Josef van Ess and the preservation of early Mu'tazili Tabaqat
