Irit Aharony was born in Israel. She received her Ph.D. in Hebrew Literature from Bar Ilan University in Israel. She has been teaching at Harvard since...
Sami Alkyam holds a PhD in Arabic Literature and Cultural Studies. Sami was invited to join the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at...
Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures
Born in Nairobi, Kenya, Ali Asani is Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures. He served as the Director of the Prince Alwaleed bin...
Senior Lecturer on Assyriology Director of Undergraduate Studies
Gojko Barjamovic received his training at the University of Copenhagen (Denmark) where he took part in several research projects and taught a broad range...
Nathan Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy
Professor Cohen is the Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations of Harvard...
Meryem Demir is the Preceptor in Modern Turkish. Before arriving at Harvard in July 2018, Meryem Demir was an Ataturk Turkish Fellow of Islamic and Middle... Read more about Meryem Demir
James Richard Jewett Professor of Arabic and of Islamic Intellectual History Chair of the Department
Khaled El-Rouayheb’s research interests include: the intellectual and cultural history of the Arabic-Islamic world in the Mamluk and early-Ottoman periods...
Sara Feldman is the Preceptor in Yiddish. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in Near Eastern Studies in 2014. Feldman teaches Yiddish... Read more about Sara Feldman
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Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies
Professor Graham has been a member of the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences since 1973 and holds a joint appointment in NELC and the Study of Religion...
Professor of the Practice of Arabic on the Gordon Gray Endowment Director of Modern Language Programs
Professor Granara teaches Arabic language and literature and directs the Arabic language program at Harvard University . He studied Arabic at Georgetown...
