I am a researcher and lecturer in Philosophy at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU Munich). My research focuses on the formation and development of practical philosophy in the Islamic world, particularly through the works of Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī and his predecessors, al-Fārābī, Miskawayh, and Ibn Sīnā. I pursued my doctoral studies in Philosophy at LMU Munich, where I was a DAAD doctoral scholar. I hold an M.A. in Islamic Studies from McGill University and an M.A. in Philosophy from the American University of Beirut.

Research Project

My research project, “Religious Dimensions of Islamic Practical Philosophy,” examines the relationship between philosophy and religion in the development of practical philosophy in the Islamic world. I ask how Muslim philosophers approached religious doctrines and practices as objects of philosophical inquiry and as sources informing their broader philosophical projects. The project explores how religious thought and practice were examined, interpreted, and reflected in philosophical accounts of human life, moral conduct, and social order, challenging the assumption that religious commitment and philosophical inquiry are necessarily opposed. I focus on Miskawayh (d. 421/1030) and Ibn Sīnā (d. 428/1037), whose works offer distinct perspectives on the relationship between philosophical reasoning and religious thought, with particular attention to Miskawayh’s Tahdhīb al-Akhlāq (The Refinement of Character) and Ibn Sīnā’s Book Ten of the Ilāhiyyāt of al-Shifāʾ (The Metaphysics of The Healing). Through close textual analysis, comparative study, and historical contextualization, I examine how these thinkers engaged with religious doctrines and practices and how their treatment of them contributed to the formation of Islamic practical philosophy. The project ultimately seeks to illuminate the diverse ways in which philosophical and religious thought interacted in the Islamic world and shaped conceptions of human perfection, the good, and happiness.