Dr. Amal Alqawasmi

Biography

Amal Alqawasmi is a legal scholar and researcher specializing in the intersections of law, religion, and human rights. Her academic journey began at the University of Jordan where she completed a Master's thesis titled 'The Legal Ruling on Personal Status for Muslim Minorities,' which explored the complexities of legal rulings concerning Muslim minorities. She earned her PhD with a dissertation on 'Legal and Religious Consequences of Immaterial Harm,' examining compensation frameworks in Islamic law compared to civil codes in Egypt and Jordan. Alqawasmi subsequently pursued further studies at the University of Milan-Bicocca in Italy, focusing on Law and Pluralism. Her dissertation investigated the intersection of religion, family law, and human rights within European contexts. Currently, she is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Copenhagen's Department of Cross-Cultural Regional Studies, contributing to an ERC-funded project analyzing feminist movements in the Gulf region. Alqawasmi has substantial teaching experience at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, focusing on Arabic language, translation, and Islamic finance. She is dedicated to interdisciplinary collaboration addressing complex legal and human rights issues across European, Arab, and Gulf contexts, with a research focus on the interplay of law, culture, and religion.

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