Shawwaf Visiting Professor

The Shawwaf Visiting Professorship is made possible by a gift of the family of the late Ambassador Ziad Mohammed Ali Shawwaf (1926–90) that established the Ziad Mohammed Ali Shawwaf Fund in his memory. Ambassador Shawwaf was a distinguished Saudi Arabian career diplomat who became the first Saudi Arabian student to attend Harvard’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The Shawwaf Fund enables the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to bring a visiting professor to Harvard to teach courses, in English, on Arabic and Islamic studies.

Shawwaf Visiting Professors 1992–2024
 

  • Fall 2023 — Amina Elbendary, American University in Cairo, Egypt
  • Fall 2022–Spring 2023 — Emad Shahin, Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation
  • Fall 2021–Spring 2022 — Samir Seikaly, American University of Beirut
  • Spring 2018 — Salim Tamari, Birzeit University, West Bank
  • Fall 2015–Spring 2017 — Khaled Fahmy, American University in Cairo, Egypt
  • Fall 2014 — Moneera Al-Ghadeer
  • Spring 2013 — Salim Tamari, Birzeit University, West Bank
  • Fall 2011 — Maher Jarrar, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
  • Spring 2009 — Saad Eddin Ibrahim, American University in Cairo, Egypt
  • Spring 2008 — Suaad Abdul Aziz Al-mana, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
  • Spring 2007 — Nadia El Cheikh, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
  • Spring 2006 — Abd-el-Hameed Hawwas, Institute for Folkloric Studies, Egypt
  • Spring 2005 — Sabry Hafez, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
  • Spring 2004 — Samar Attar, University of Sydney, Australia
  • Spring 2002 — Ridwan Al-Sayed, Lebanese University, Lebanon
  • Spring 2001 — Gaber Asfour, Supreme Council of Culture, Egypt
  • Spring 1999 — Abdel Razzak Moaz, Institut Française d’Études Arabes de Damas, Syria
  • Spring 1998 — Abdesselam Cheddadi, Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur, Morocco
  • Spring 1997 — Ridwan Al-Sayyid, Lebanese University, Lebanon
  • Spring 1996 — Maher Jarrar, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
  • Spring 1993 — Ridwan Al-Sayyid, Lebanese University, Lebanon
  • Spring 1992 — Huda Lutfi, American University in Cairo, Egypt

Current Shawwaf Professor