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Associate Professor of Practice, Arabic Language & Culture/Modern Languages and Literatures abla.hasan@unl.edu

Abla Hasan, Associate Professor of Practice of Arabic language and culture, PhD in Philosophy of Language from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2013; MA in Philosophy as a Fulbright grantee from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2009. Dr. Hasan obtained her BA in Philosophy from Damascus University/Syria in 2000, followed by a Diploma of High Studies from Damascus University in 2001. She is a native speaker of Arabic. She teaches Arabic language and culture at UNL and she is the Program's Coordinator. Her teaching and research focus on Qur'anic Studies, Qur’anic Hermeneutics, Islamic feminism, and Arabic studies. She has published with Analize, Ar-Raniry, JIL, Disputatio, Al-Manarah, E-logos and other peer- review international journals. She is the author of: Decoding the Egalitarianism of the Qur'an: Retrieving Lost Voices on Gender (Lexington: 2019).

 

WGS Courses

WMNS 250: Sex and Gender Around the Globe

ARAB/MRST/RELG/WMNS 306: Women in Quran

 

Education

Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2013)

  • Philosophy of Language

M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2009)

  • Philosophy

Diploma of High Studies (2001)

B.A., Damascus University (2000)

  • Philosophy