Department of Arabic Language and Literature
Subject: The Development of the Shi'a from an Arabic Phenomenon into a Persian-Iranian Phenomenon
Supervisor: Prof. Meir M. Bar-Asher and Dr. Michael Ebstein
Abstract: My research aims at studying the development of the Shi'ite sect , from an original Arabic phenomenon into a clearly Persian-Iranian one. Therefore, I seek to analyze Shi'ite compositions in Arabic and Persian which originated from the Shi'ite centers in Iran, starting from the 9th-10th centuries and ending in the 13th century. Such a study, I hope, would contribute greatly to disperse some of the vagueness surrounding the doctrinal and political development of the Shi'a, as to locating the roots of contemporary Shi'ite-Iranian trends.
Bio: I am a doctoral student in the department of Arabic Language and Literature. I completed my BA studies in the department of Arabic Language and Literature, and in the Department of Islamic and Middle-Eastern Studies, as well as a Teacher's Training diploma in the Arabic language. Among my fields of study are the Shi'ite sect in Islam, Islamic mysticism and Iranian-Persian studies. My MA dissertation studied the concept of 'Allah's Greatest Name', which reverberates through the Jewish concept of 'Shem Hameforash', in different Islamic groups.
MA Honors Program 2015/16
Presidential stipend 2017/18