MESA Banner
Member Directory
Back
Aria Nakissa
Washington University in St. Louis
Occupation
Assistant Professor
Contact
Discipline
Anthropology
Sub Areas
All Time Periods
Arabic
Human Rights
Islamic Law
Islamic Thought
Middle East/Near East Studies
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