University of Edinburgh

The rhetoric of prophetic authenticity before & after the rise of Islam

    
Academic History:

12 / 13: University of London MA Islamic Societies & Cultures

02 / 05: University of Middlesex BA (Hons) Recording Arts  

Supervisors:

Dr Andreas Gorke

Dr Andrew Marsham

Research Interests:

I recently returned to the UK after living in Fes, Morocco for the past year & a half. Prior o that I completed a MA in Islamic Societies & Cultures at the School of Oriental & African Studies, London in 2013. My research project will focus on the discussion of prophecy within the Qur'an & how this is related to its late Antique context. I am based in the department of Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies.

Previous Research Projects:

In my MA thesis, “The Isawiyya Reconsidered”, I evaluated the reliability of the sources on Abu 'Isa al-Isfahani, the leader of a late seventh century Jewish sect.

Scholarships:

Arts & Humanities Research Council DTP Studentship – 2015

Contact Details:

Address: Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, 19 George Square, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH8 9LD

Email: S1462456@sms.ed.ac.uk

First published: 31 August 2015