Biography

Education and degrees

2022                  Habilitation to the Second Level of University Professorship (Associate). 

                          Italian Ministry of Research, and National Scientific  Habilitation (ASN). 

                          Italian Academic Recruitment Field: 10/N1, Ancient Near Eastern, Middle Eastern, and African Cultures/ 

                          Culture del Vicino Oriente Antico, del Medio Oriente e dell’Africa). Evaluation/ Giudizi: 5/5.

2013                  PhD in Political Theory (major: Islamic thought), Luiss University of Rome, Italy. (Honours, Excellent)

2009                   2^nd MA in European Studies, Luiss University of Rome, Italy. (Honours, Very Good)

2008                   1^st MA Degree in Humanities and Area Studies, Mohammed I University, Oujda, Morocco. (Honours)

2006                   BA Degree in English Studies, Mohammed I University, Oujda, Morocco. (First Class Honours)

2002                   High School Degree (Baccalaureate), Elfath School, Taourirt, Morocco. (First Class Honours)

Professional experience

04/2024 – Present    Assistant Professor (RTDb), Department of History, Humanities, and Society, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome. 

09/2022-Present      Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Luiss University of Rome.

2013-2022                Faculty Member (adjunct professor, in parallel with Research Fellowships as main occupation), Department of Political Science, Luiss University of Rome.

05-2021-Present      Affiliated Research Fellow, Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin.

07-12/2021                Non- Resident Research Fellow, Center for Islam in the Contemporary World, Shenandoah University, VA, USA.

02/2019 – 03/2021     Senior Research Fellow, Fscire-La Pira Library and Center for Islamic History and Doctrines, Palermo, Italy.

11/2020-03/2021      Visiting Research Fellow, Leibniz-ZMO Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin.

2014 – 2018              Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Political Science, Luiss University of Rome.

04-05/2017               Guest Scholar, ZMO Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin.

01-03/2017               Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford Center for Islamic Studies, University of Oxford.

09/2011 – 07/2012   Visiting Research Fellow, Center for European Islamic Thought, Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen.

10 – 11/2010            Visiting Research Fellow, Babylon Centre for the Study of the multicultural Society, Tilburg University, the  Netherlands.

Research expertise:

Contemporary Arab-Islamic Intellectual History

Contemporary Arab-Islamic Political Theology and Philosophy

Religion, Ethics and Politics in the Arab World

European Islam, Islamic Thought in Western Europe

Contemporary Moroccan Thought

Courses taught:

Islam and Politics

Islam in Europe

Diffusion of Islam in Europe

Political Thought and Communication in the South of the Mediterranean

Media in the Arab world (in Italian)

Mediterranean Studies (co-taught, focus on MENA region)

Social and Economic Development of the Mediterranean Countries.

Languages:

Arabic, English, French, Italian.

Birth:  

1984. Morocco.

Family Status:

Married. One Kid.