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Azizah Hebri

b. 1943

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About Azizah Hebri

Born 1943. Azizah Hebri is an American philosopher, university teacher and jurist.

Azizah Y. al-Hibri (; born 1943) is an American philosopher and legal scholar who specializes in Islam and law.

Career Al-Hibri is professor emerita at the T. C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond. She is a former professor of philosophy, founding editor of Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, and founder and president of KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights. A Fulbright scholar, she has written extensively about Islam and democracy, Muslim women's rights, and human rights in Islam. She was an adviser to the PBS documentary Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet (2002), produced by Unity Productions Foundation.

Al-Hibri is a member of the advisory board of various organizations, including the Pew Forum on Religion in Public Life, the Pluralism Project Harvard University, and Religion & Ethics Newsweekly (PBS). She is also a member of the Constitution Project's Liberty and Security Committee. In June 2011, al-Hibri was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as a commissioner on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.

She also wrote the third chapter of Transforming the Faiths of our Fathers: Women who Changed American Religion (2004), edited by Ann Braude.

Al-Hibri is the grandchild of Sheik Toufik El Hibri who established the first Scout movement in the Arab world.

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Important facts

Born
1943, Beirut
Birth century
Nationality
Education
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, American University of Beirut, Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania
Employers
University of Richmond
Awards
Fulbright Scholarship
Also known as
Azizah al-Hibri

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Who is Azizah Hebri?

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When was Azizah Hebri born?

Azizah Hebri was born in 1943 in Beirut.

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Azizah Hebri is a philosopher, university teacher and jurist.

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Azizah Hebri is American.

Sources & further reading

Β· Wikipedia: Azizah Hebri

Β· Wikidata: Q4832740

Β· DBpedia: Azizah Y. al-Hibri

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