Aziz al-Azmeh

Aziz Al-Azmeh
عزيز العظمة
Born (1947-07-24) July 24, 1947
Damascus, Syria
OccupationsAcademic, author, educator
Awards1993: The Republican Order of Merit
Academic work
Main interestsIslamic culture, Islamic history
Notable worksIslams and Modernities

Aziz Al-Azmeh (Arabic: عزيز العظمة; born July 24, 1947) is a Syrian academic and Professor Emeritus at the Department of History, Central European University, Vienna, Austria. Among other books and papers, he published Islams and Modernities. In May 1993, he received the Republican Order of Merit, for services to Arab culture, from former President of Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

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