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I am immensely fortunate to work as a faculty member in the Department of Liberal Arts & Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar. I also have the great honor of serving as an Associate Editor of the Review of Middle East Studies and as Book Review Editor of the Journal of Arabian Studies. Previously, I had the good fortune of working at Zentrum Moderner Orient, Freie Universität Berlin, SOAS, University of London, and King Saud University. I also had the privilege of being a visiting scholar at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies.

I am interested in the history of science and in the history of the Middle East. I am forever thankful to I.B. Tauris and Springer for publishing the following six books of mine: 1 ...more

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Doppelter Glückwunsch and double congratulations to my daughter Maria! She achieved first place in her class in the Doha English Speaking School (DESS) Primary Creative Writing Competition 2026. Moreover, she is one of three pupils whose writing has been entered into the larger British Schools in the Middle East (BSME) Creative Writing Competition, themed “Upside Down and Out of This World.” My si Read more of this blog post »

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	Historiography in Saudi Arabia: Globalization and the State in the Middle East 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Islamic Theology and Extraterrestrial Life: New Frontiers in Science and Religion by Shoaib Ahmed Malik (Editor), Jörg Matthias Determann (Goodreads Author) (editor) 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Islam, Science Fiction and Extraterrestrial Life: The Culture of Astrobiology in the Muslim World 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Space Science and the Arab World: Astronauts, Observatories and Nationalism in the Middle East 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Researching Biology and Evolution in the Gulf States: Networks of Science in the Middle East it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Astronomy: A Modern History it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Teaching Science Through Science Fiction: A Story of Innovation in the Classroom and Beyond 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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