Dr. Mariam Al-Attar | American University of Sharjah
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College / Department

College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Arabic and Translation Studies

Teaching areas

Arabic Heritage Islamic Philosophy Islamic Studies Ethics in Arabo-Islamic tradition Philosophy

Research areas

Ethics in Islam Medieval Arabic thought Women and gender Islamic Philosophy, Contemporary Arab thought

Education

PhD, Moral Philosophy In The Work Of Al-qadi 'abd Al-jabbar, Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Department, University of Leeds, United Kingdom, 2008
PGD, Higher Diploma In Medical Physics, Department Of Physics, University of Jordan, Jordan, 1997
Master, Thesis Title: "philosophy And Scientific Methodology Of 'abd Al-lat̩īf Al- Baghdādī"., University of Jordan, Jordan, 1996
PGD, Higher Diploma In Philosophy, Department Of Philosophy, University of Jordan, Jordan, 1990
BS, B.sc., Physics, Department Of Physics, University of Jordan, Jordan, 1987

Professional experience

Lecturer, Arabic And Translation Studies Department, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2018 - Present
Adjunct Faculty, Arabic And Translation Studies Department, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2016 - 2018
Visiting Assistant Professor, Arabic And Translation Studies Department, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2015 - 2016
Visiting Scholar, Adjunct Faculty, Department Of Arabic And Translation Studies, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2014 - 2015
Head Of The Department, Department Of Ethics, Philosophy And Religion Epr, King's Academy, Jordan, 2010 - 2014
Faculty, Department Of Ethics, Philosophy And Religion, King's Academy, Jordan, 2008 - 2010
Part Time Lecturer, Department Of Philosophy, University of Jordan, Jordan, 2007 - 2008
Clinical Scientist, Radiotherapy Department, Cookridge Hospital, United Kingdom, 2005 - 2006
Medical Physicist, Ministry of Health, Jordan, 1988 - 2004
Part Time Lecturer, Para-medical Institute, Ministry of Health, Jordan, 1990 - 1992

Memberships

American Philosophical Association (APA), August 2017
British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES), July 2008
The Jordanian Philosophical Society, January 2012 - September 2014

Contact

[email protected]
+971 6 515 2501

Dr. Mariam Al-Attar

Senior Lecturer
PhD, Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Department, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Mariam Al-Attar has taught courses in ethics, Islamic studies, world religions and philosophy at the University of Jordan and at King's Academy in Jordan. At the American University of Sharjah she has taught courses on Arab heritage, introduction to philosophy, and Islamic philosophy. Her main research interests include ethics in medieval Arabo-Islamic thought, modern and contemporary Arab moral thought and women and gender in the Islamic tradition . Prior to her academic career, she was a physicist working as a clinical scientist in Jordanian hospitals and in the UK.

Publications

Mariam Al-attar. Ethics and Gender Equality in Islam: A Constructivist Approach, 3 November 2022
Mariam Al-attar. Theories of Ethics in Islamic Thought and the Question of Moral Pluralism, 2021
Mariam Al-attar. Divine command ethics in the Islamic legal tradition, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2019
Mariam Al-attar. Meta-ethics: A Quest for Epistemological Basis of Morality in Classical Islamic Thought, Journal Of Islamic Ethics - Brill, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2017
Mariam Al-attar. FOOD ETHICS: A CRITIQUE OF SOME ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVES ON GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD, Zygon, 1 March 2017
Mariam Al-attar. "The ethics and metaphysics of divine command theory" in The Routledge Companion to Islamic Philosophy, edited by Richard Taylor and Luis Lopez Farjeat, Routledge, New York, 2016
Mariam Al-attar. "Women and Violence: in Light of an Islamic Normative Ethical Theory" in Gender and Violence in Islamic Societies, edited by Zahia Smail Salhi, I. B. Tauris, UK, 2013
Mariam Al-attar. Islamic Ethics: Divine Command Theory in Arabo-Islamic Thought, Routledge, London and New York, 2010

Conference Presentations

‘Abd al-Jabbar’s The theory of action – the role of motivations dawāʿī model and emotions, European Academy Of Religion Annual Conference, 20 May 2024
Qur’anic meta-ethics and The necessary conditions of moral judgments (shurūṭ ḥusn al-taklīf), The International Science Philosophy Religion Conference, 1 June 2023
Divine commands, attributes, or divine creation? A critical investigation of contemporary attempts to ground morality in divinity., The International Conference, Philosophy And Religion In The Abrahamic Traditions. [organized As Part Of The Project Philosophy Of Religion In The Classical Islamic Intellectual Traditions: Problems, Texts, And Contexts, 29 May 2023
Beyond the Traditional Considerations of Ḥalāl and Ḥarām : Genetically Engineered Food as an Example, Moral Economies Of Religious Reform – In Africa And Elsewhere, 30 July 2021
In search for an ethical framework for gender justice in Islam, Musawah’s Knowledge Building Webinars, 26 February 2021
Normative Islamic Ethical Theory and the Question of Gender Equality, Musawah Knowledge Building Meeting, December 2019
The question of pluralism and moral values in Arabo-Islamic thought, Symposium On Islamic Philosophy, 17 April 2019
Reconciling Common Morality and The Purposes of Law, an attempt to reconstruct a foundation for religious and moral pluralism, European Academy Of Religion – Annual Conference, 6 March 2019
Theories of Ethics in Islamic Thought and the Question of Moral Pluralism, Sources Of Pluralism In Islamic Thought, July 2018
Food Ethics: The debate over the permissibility of the Genetically Modified food (GM food) in contemporary Muslim juridical ethics, Insatiable Appetite: Food As A Cultural Signifier, May 2016
Reflections on Arab Feminist Thought, Women, Empowerment And Development Conference, November 2015
A quest for Epistemological Basis of Morality in Classical Islamic Thought, Methodology Seminar On Qur'an And Ethics, January 2015
Meta-ethics: The analysis of ethical terms and concepts in Arabo-Islamic thought, Mapping Arabic Heritage: Language, Literature And Culture, Past And Present, April 2014
Gender and Violence in Islam, 12th Mediterranean Research Meeting Mrm, April 2011
Islamic Ethics (in Arabic), Religion And Ethics, April 2011
Comparison between the Principle of Utility and the Doctrine of al-Mas̩lah̩a, Wocmes Congress, July 2010
Reconsidering the Place of Ethical Voluntarism an Arabo-Islamic Thought, Brismes Annual Conference, July 2008

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