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Azizah al hibri biography of albert
Azizah Y. al-Hibri
American philosopher and legal scholar
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Born | 1943 (age 81–82) |
Education | B.A., philosophy, American University of Beirut, 1966 Ph.D., philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1975 J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1985[1] |
Occupation(s) | Philosopher, legal scholar |
Azizah Y.
al-Hibri (Arabic: عزيزة يحيى الهبري; born 1943) is an American philosopher and legal scholar who specializes in Islam and law.
Biography
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 P