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Aram Shahin
James Madison University
Occupation
Associate Professor
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Discipline
History
Sub Areas
7th-13th Centuries
Andalusi Studies
Arabic
Classical
Comparative
Islamic Studies
Islamic Thought
Medieval
Mediterranean Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Arabian Peninsula
Islamic World
Mediterranean Countries
Specialties
Islamic Political Thought
Islamic Intellectual History
Islam In Sicily And Italy
Languages
Arabic (native)
Education
PhD | 2009 | Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations | University of Chicago
Abstracts
The Body of the Muslim Sovereign as Impediment to Legitimate Rule: Blindness and Blinding as a Legal Argument for the Exclusion and Deposition of Rulers