Arab-Islamic Discourse & Intellectual History
Teaching Arabic syntax

• Arab and Islamic Intellectual History and Literatures from classical age to Modernity
• Axiomatization of Arabic syntax
• Islamic legal theory and legal semantics
• Hermeneutical coherence in Qur’anic interpretation
• Philosophy of Secularism and modern Arabic-Islamic philosophy
• Problems of gender and family law in a conservative Muslim society.
• The justification of evidence in coherentist, pragmatic, and positivist epistemologies (e.g. Mario Bunge and Nicholas Rescher systemism). 

Courses on Arabic- Islamic Culture, History, and Religion:

• MESA 2559: Major Dimensions of Classical and Medieval Arab-Islamic Civilization (in English - Fall 2012)
• MESA 2559: Major Dimensions of the Modern Arab World (in English - Spring 2013)
• Contemporary Arabic Culture and Society: (Fall 2010)
• Crossing Borders - The Middle East & South Asia: (co-taught with South Asian history scholar, Professor Richard Cohen - Spring 2012)
• The Language of Qur’an and Hadith: (2007/2008), (Fall 2009), (Fall 2010), and (Fall 2011)
• Media Arabic: (2007/2008), (Spring 2010), and (Spring 2011)

Courses on Arabic as Second language:

• First year Arabic: (Winter 2007) and (2008/2009)
• Second year Arabic: (Summer 2002), (2009/2010), (2010/2011), (Summer 2011), and (2011/2012)
• Spoken Levantine Arabic Dialect: (2007/2008)
• Fourth-year Arabic literature: (2007/2008)