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Omar Gebril
Columbia University
Sub Areas
Islamic Studies
Islamic Law
19th-21st Centuries
Middle East/Near East Studies
Nationalism
Geographic Areas of Interest
Egypt
All Middle East
Languages
Arabic (native)
English (fluent)
Abstracts
Modernizing Sharīʿa in Egypt: Madrasat al-Qaḍāʾ al-Sharʿī (1907 – 1930) and the Compatibility of Sharīʿa with Western Laws and Modern-State Values