EDUCATION

Habilitation of Arabic and Islamic Civilization, 2011

Field: Religious Studies Methodologies

Title of Habilitation Thesis: Contemporaneous Studies of Religion from Western Centrism to Cultural Relativism.

Ph D of Arabic and Islamic Civilization, 2004

Field: Comparative Aqida

Title of PhD Thesis: Islamic Theology in North Africa and Spain until the 6^th/12 C.

M A of Arabic and Islamic Civilization, 1999.

Field: Fiqh Maliki

Title: The Bida (Heresy) in North African Malikism until the 6^th/ 12^th C.

BA of Arabic Language, Literature and Civilization, 1996

MA of English Language and Literature, 2012

Field: Ethno-Religious Studies

Title: Ethno-Religious Minorities in the US: A Comparative Study of African-American and Arab-American Muslims.

BA English Language and Literature, 2008.

CERTIFICATES OF COMPLETION

· Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. Course: Jews and Muslims in the middle Ages. Course Director Prof Mark Cohen, Princeton University, 2004.

· University of California Santa Barbara, USA, Course: Study of the United States Institute on Religious Pluralism. Course Director Prof Wade Clark Roof, University of California Santa Barbara, 2005.

ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS

Foundation of King Abdul Aziz for Islamic Studies and Human Sciences, Morocco, 2002.
The Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 2003.
Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, 2004.
American Institute for Maghreb Studies, Arizona, USA, 2004.
University of California Santa Barbara, USA, 2005.

· University of Tsukuba, Tokyo, Japan, 2008.

University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia, 2009

Academic Membership

· Collaborative International Researcher, (ARENA), University of Tsukuba, Tokyo.

· American Center for Maghreb Studies (CEMAT), Tunis, Tunisia.

· Research Unit “Updating Arabic Culture”, University of Sousse, Tunisia

· Postgraduate committee, University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

· The Committee for the promotion of MA and Ph D curricula, University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

Language Skills:

Arabic: Native + (BA, MA, PhD, Habil.)

French: Near-native, (French is the second official Language of Tunisia)

English: Near-Native (HD, BA, MA)

German and Spanish (elementary level)

Computer, D- Learning and E-Learning Software

· Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Photoshop….

· Blackboard 9, Tegrity, Elluminate Live, BlackBoard Collaborate.

FELLOWSHIPS/ AWARDS

· Foundation of the King Abdulaziz Aal Saud for Islamic studies and Human Sciences, Morocco, Casa Blanca, 2002, as a member of the research group “Islam and Modernity in a Maghribi context”.

· The University of Arizona, Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the American Institute for Maghreb Studies, CEMAT/TALM Fellowships for Maghreb Scholars, 2004. A post-doc research project "Imazighen Islam and “Mimetic Religions” in the Maghreb: Local Prophets and Mahdists in the middle ages.

· Japan Foundation Japanese Studies Fellowship Program, Visiting Professor to the University of Tsukuba, Tokyo, Japan, 2008. Project "A comparative Study of Islam and Shinto".

TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND DUTIES

1- Associate Professor, Dpt. of Islamic Studies, College of Arts, University of Dammam, K. Saudi Arabia, 2009- Present.

BA Students of Islamic Studies:

· Courses on Islamic Aqida, Sects, Modern Doctrines, Orientalism, Issues of Modern Thought.

· Courses on Monotheism Studies and New Religious Movements (Mormonism and Bahaism).

· Introductory courses on Islamic Philosophy, Mantiq, and Kalam.

For MA Students of Islamic Studies

· Courses on Islamic Aqida: Tawhid, Emaan and Divine Attributes.

· Courses on Research Methodology.

· Courses on Judaism and Christianity (History, Development, Sects, Theology, Beliefs...)

· Courses on Religious Studies' Methodology (introductory courses on Comparative religions and History of Religions).

· Supervision of MA and PhD thesis.

· Refereeing papers for academic journals, conferences and symposia.

· Heading some department committees for the promotion of higher education curricula.

· Participating in E-learning and D-learning courses and programs.

· Teaching Distance Learning and E-learning Students Islamic Morals and Ethics

2- Assistant Professor, Dpt. of Arabic Language, Literature and Civilization, Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, University of Sousse, Tunisia 2000- 2009.

· Courses on Islamic Law, Fiqh Doctrines, and Islamic Aqida

· Courses on Comparative Islamic Creeds and Sects (Sunnite, Ibadhite, Ismailite, Malikite, Dhahirite)

· Introductory courses on Comparative Religion.

· Courses on Judaism and Christianity.

· Courses on creative writing including Arabic grammar, syntax, and rhetoric

· Text Translation from French into Arabic

· Member of a national research unit on Updating Arab-Islamic Knowledge

· Supervisor of BA end-term papers

Samples of supervised BA end-term dissertations and MA Thesis;

· The Story of the Creation in the Bible and the Quran; a comparative study.

· Islamic-Christian Polemics in Andalusia during the 12^th Century.

· The Dialogue with ‘the People of the Book’ in the Quran.

· Ijtihaad and Taqleed in Islamic Classical thought.

3-Instructor of Arabic language for undergraduates at secondary school level (Tunisian Ministry of Education), 1998- 2000.

· I taught Arabic grammar and grammatical rules, syntax, creative writing, text analysis of classical and modern Arabic literature and translation of literary French texts into Arabic.

ACADEMIC PARTICIPATIONS (in Arabic and English)

· The Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, University of Sousse, Tunisia, 2001, "From Religious Interpretation to Philosophical Hermeneutics: Al Ghazali and Ibn Rushd", in "Interpretation in Arab Islamic Civilization. (International Symposium). (in Arabic).

· The Foundation of the King Abdulaziz Aal Saud for Islamic studies and Human Sciences, Morocco, Casa Blanca, 2002- 2003, "Comparative Religion in Modern Arabic Educational Systems” as a sub-theme of "Islam and Modernity". (Research Group). (in Arabic)

· The Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Germany, 2003, “Hermeneutic and Modernity in Islamic Thought: the Global, the local and the Marginal” in "Hermeneutics of Border: Canon and Community in Judaism, Christianity and Islam" as a theme of "Jewish and Islamic Hermeneutics as a Cultural Critique", directed by Prof. Dr. Daniel Boyarin, University of California at Berkeley, Dr. Brigit Krawietz, Orientalishes Seminar, der Universität Tübingen and Prof. Dr. Galit Hasan Rokem, Hebrew University. (in English)

· The Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Germany, 2003, a member of the working group “Allegorical Reading and the Construction of Identity” directed by Prof. Dr. Nasr Hamid Abu Zaid, Universiteit Leiden, Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World, and Prof. Dr. Daniel Boyarin, University of California at Berkeley. (in English)

· Tangier American Legation Museum, Morocco, 2004, “Self-image created by others: Imazighen Jews in Ibadhi contexts in the middle ages”, in The American Institute for Maghreb Studies annual Conference "Rethinking Jewish Culture and Society in North Africa”. Directed by Prof Daniel Schroeter, University of California at Berkley and Prof. Emily Gottreich, University of California, Irvine. (in English, published)

http://books.google.com.sa/books?id=45exFa6wDIIC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

· The Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, University of Sousse, Tunisia, 2006, "Arabic Rationalism Past and Present", in "Issues of Arab Islamic Sciences` Interaction". (in Arabic, Published)

· The University of Sousse, Tunisia and Nanzan Institute, Tokyo, Japan, 2007, "The Study of Religion in the Arab World: Comparative Religion and Modernization Tendencies", in the international symposium 'The Challenge of Religious Pluralism and Dialogue; the West, the Middle East and Japan". (in English)

· The University of Sousse, Tunisia and The Japan Foundation for the Promotion of Science, 2007, "Religion and Identity in Tunisia and Japan; A comparative study with special focus on Islam and Shinto" in "Tunisia- Japan Symposium on Society, Sciences and Technology. (in English)

· The University of Tsukuba, Tokyo, Japan, 2008, Visiting Professor. Courses on Arabic and Islamic Studies. (in English).

Published Books (in Arabic)

· Religion and Modernity: a Comparative Study of Arabic and Japanese Experiences, Mediterranean Publisher, Tunis, Tunisia, 2012, 159 P.

http://books.google.com.sa/books?id=VEqO0OYglv4C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

· Islamic Thought: A Comparative Study, Vol 1: Formation, Development and Spread of Islamic Thought in the Maghreb, Mediterranean Publisher, Tunis, Tunisia, 2011, 333 P.

http://books.google.com.sa/books?id=_6NZ0WvnCjoC&source=gbs_similarbooks

· Islamic Thought: A Comparative Study, Vol 2: Theological Thought and the Dominance of Islam in the Maghreb, Mediterranean Publisher, Tunis, Tunisia, 2011, 339 P.

http://books.google.com.sa/books?id=CS2RVJiARD4C&source=gbs_similarbooks

· Islamic Thought: A Comparative Study, Vol 3: Legislative Thought and the Continuity of Islam in the Maghreb, Mediterranean Publisher, Tunis, Tunisia, 2011, 289 P.

http://books.google.com.sa/books?id=wSBzP2Uzv3MC&source=gbs_similarbooks

· Contemporaneous Religious Studies from Western Centrism to Cultural Relativism, Mediterranean Publisher, Tunis, Tunisia, 2010, 209 P.

http://books.google.com.sa/books?id=mRk8dn0gKUQC&source=gbs_similarbooks

· Dialectics of Islamic Religion and North African Civilization, Mediterranean Publisher, Tunis, Tunisia, 2010, 243 P.

http://books.google.com.sa/books?id=XKB99O3r8aMC&source=gbs_similarbooks

· Islamic Theology in North Africa and Spain until the 6th C. H/ 12th C. AD (PhD Thesis), Official Printing Office of Tunisia, 2009,709 P.

Translation from English and French into Arabic

· Translation of “The House of the Mosque” (La maison de la mosqué), Kader Abdolah into Arabic “Dar al-Masjid”, Kalima, UAE, 2011, 300 P.

http://kalima.ae/ar/readbook.aspx?id=94

http://www.amazon.co.uk/House-Mosque-Kader-Abdolah/dp/1847672418

Published Articles (in Arabic)

· North African festivity during the Muslim Era, Revue des études andalouses, No24, 2000, 73-93.

· Characteristics of North African Malikism, Rihab al Ma^crifa, No19, 2001, 63- 78.

· The Prayer for Gifts: Salaat ar-Raghaaib: an Interpretation, Ibla, Revue de l’Institut des Belles Lettres Arabes, No 187, 1- 2001, 29- 66.

· A Comparative Study of Forbidden Food and Sex in the Bible and the Quran, Ibla, Revue de l’Institut des Belles Lettres Arabes, N^o 188, 64^e année, 2- 2001, 67- 88.

· The Characteristics of North African Islamic Theology until the 12th Century, Ibla, Revue de l’Institut des Belles Lettres Arabes, No 192, 2- 2003, 71- 98.

· North African False Prophets during the Islamic Era, Mawarid: Revue de la faculté des lettres et des sciences Humaines de Sousse, N^o 5, 2ooo, 67- 115

· Dialectics of Society, language and Religion in Islamic North Africa, Rihaab al Marifa No 63, 2008, 67- 79.

Book Chapter (in Arabic)

· Arabic Rationalism Past and Present", in "Issues of Arab Islamic Sciences` Interaction", Ed, Muhammad Buhlal, University of Sousse Press, 2007, 261- 268.)

Book Chapter (in English)

“The image of the Jews among Ibadhi Imazighen in North Africa before the Tenth Century”, in Jewish Culture and Society in North Africa, Ed. Emily Benichou Gottreich, Daniel J. Schroeter, Indiana University Press, Jul 1, 2011, 45- 59.

http://books.google.com.sa/books?id=45exFa6wDIIC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Edition and Study of Classical Arabic Manuscripts (Not published)

· أفلح بن عبد الوهّاب الرّستمي، رسالة في خلق القرآن من القرن الثّالث الهجري، تحقيق ودراسة الدّكتور المبروك المنصوري.

· أبو عبد الله الصّدغياني، رسالة في العقائد الإباضيّة في بلاد المغرب في القرن السّابع الهجري، تحقيق ودراسة الدّكتور المبروك المنصوري.

· الوارجلاني الإباضي، رسالة في الجدل العقدي بين الإباضيّة والمالكيّة في بلاد المغرب، تحقيق ودراسة الدّكتور المبروك المنصوري.

· أبو خزر يغلا بن زلتاف الواسياني، كتاب الرّد على جميع المخالفين، تحقيق عمرو النّامي،

مراجعة وتقديم الدكتور المبروك المنصوري.

· أبو عبد الله المزّاتي، التحف المخزونة، تحقيق محمود الأندلوسي، مراجعة تقديم الدكتور المبروك المنصوري.

· تبغورين بن عيسى الملشوطي، كتاب أصول الدّين لتبغورين، تحقيق عمرو النامي، مراجة وتقديم الدكتور المبروك المنصوري.