Teaching Experience
- Associate Professor of Islamic Studies, Department of General Education, Effat University, Jeddah, KSA, 2017-to the present
- Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, Department of General Education, Effat University, Jeddah, KSA, 2012-2017.
- Assistant Professor of Arabic Cultures and Head Librarian of Middle Eastern Studies at the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (NELC), The Ohio State University, 2008- 2012.
- Curator of the Middle Eastern Studies Collection, and Instructor of Islamic Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, Oct. 2004-2008.
- Librarian of the Middle Eastern Studies Collection, University of California-Berkeley 2002-2004
- Instructor of Islamic Studies Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Riverside, 2002.
- Instructor of Islamic Studies, Zayed University- Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 1998-to 2001
- Teaching Assistant, 1991. Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, the University of
- California-Los Angeles. Taught first and second-year Arabic courses.
- Teaching Assistant, 1987. Department of Near East Languages and Civilization, University of
- Washington, Seattle, WA, taught first and second-year Arabic courses.
Courses Taught
Effat University:
- Islam and Civil Society (GISL 121)
- International Organizations (GCUL 131)
- Global Citizenship (GGLU 234)
- Entrepreneurship in Islam (GISL 273)
- Contemporary Islamic Thoughts (GISL 174)
- Topics in Anthropology (presently GANT 121/1-2)
- Selected topics in Sociology (presently GSOC 121/1)
- Muslims Affairs and Organizations (GISL173)
- Modern Middle Eastern History (GHIS 121/ 1)
- Arab contributions in civilization (GARB265)
- Islam in Africa and Asia (GHIS 122)
- Islamic and Social Values (GISL 171)
- Islam and Social Issues (summer course)
- Advanced English: reading and writing (COM 112, 113, fall and spring of 2012)
- Advanced Arabic reading and writing (ARAB 112, 113)
- Arabic: readings in heritage books (GARB 262)
Pre-Effat University era:
- Basic bibliographic and reference tools for of Middle Eastern Studies (NELC, Ohio State University (OSU), graduate level, taught for 4 years)
- Arabic as foreign language various levels. (University of Washington (UW), University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) and Ohio State University (OSU)
- Ibn Khaldun: chapters from the introductions (Brown University)
- History of Arabs: civilizational approach (Brown)
- The schools of interpretation of the Quran (Brown
- The schools of jurisprudence fiqh (Brown University)
- History of Islam from the Rise of Islam until 1500: a survey (University of California-Riverside).
- Contemporary Islamic World (Zayed University, Dubai)
