Ahmad S. Dallal

Ahmad S. Dallal is a scholar of Islamic studies and an academic administrator. He is the current president of The American University in Cairo.

Biography Dallal received his bachelor's degree in engineering from the American University of Beirut. He worked in the aviation industry before earning his master's and doctorate from Columbia University. His research focused on the history of learning and the history of sciences in Islamic societies as well as Islamic thoughts and movements. He held the Dwight H. Terry Lectureship at Yale University in 2008, titled Islam, Science, and the Challenge of History.

Dallal served as the provost of the American University of Beirut from 2009 to 2015 before returning to teach history at the university. He was named dean of Georgetown University in Qatar in 2017.

In 2021, Dallal was named 13th President of The American University in Cairo. He is the first Arab to serve as president of the university.