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Professor Ali Asani tells the Alwaleed Program team about his scholarly trajectory, beginning with his experiences coming to Harvard College as an international student from Kenya and entering Islamic studies as an Ismaili student in the early 1970s. He...

The Alwaleed Program team speak with Dr. Mary Elston, winner of the 2020 Alwaleed Bin Talal Prize for Best Dissertation in Islamic Studies, about her dissertation entitled, "Reviving Turāth: Islamic Education in Modern Egypt." Mary shares her findings...

Here we will list and highlight other programs, centers, departments, and intiatives in all disciplines across Harvard that work topics on or related to Islam and the Muslim-majority countries.

The Research Methods in Islamic Studies Workshop is a bi-annual workshop that engages graduate students and faculty active in the field of Islamic Studies around current methodological questions. Where Islamic Studies is informed by, intervenes in, and...

In spring 2021, Hassaan Shahawy (A.B. '16, J.D. '22) was elected the 135th president of the Harvard Law Review , making him the first Muslim and first expert in Islamic law in the position. In the first half of our conversation, Hassaan talks about his...

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Contemporary Islamic Religion and Society Professor of African and African American Studies Denominational Counselor to Muslim Students Ousmane Kane, a scholar of Islamic studies and comparative and Islamic politics...

The Research Methods in Islamic Studies Workshop is a bi-annual workshop that engages graduate students and faculty active in the field of Islamic Studies around current methodological questions. Where Islamic Studies is informed by, intervenes in, and...