Emran Iqbal El-Badawi

About The Author

Emran Iqbal El-Badawi is Program Director and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Houston, where he is also Chair of Modern and Classical Languages. He is the author of The Qur’an and the Aramaic Gospel Traditions (Routledge, 2014) and co-editor of Communities of the Qur’an, which is also published by Oneworld. He has contributed to numerous media outlets, including the New York Times, Al-Jazeera, Forbes, Christian Science Monitor and ARTE.

Books by Emran Iqbal El-Badawi

Queens and Prophets

How Arabian Noblewomen and Holy Men Shaped Paganism, Christianity and Islam

By Emran Iqbal El-Badawi
A groundbreaking examination of female power in pre-Islamic Arabia

‘A genuinely paradigm-shifting work by one of the most exciting and innovative scholars in the field... compelling and powerful...’ Reza Aslan
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Communities of the Qur'an

Dialogue, Debate and Diversity in the 21st Century

Edited by Emran Iqbal El-Badawi
What is the nature of the Qur’an? It might seem a straightforward question, but there is no consensus among modern communities of the Qur’an, both Muslim and non-Muslim, about the answer. And why should there be?

On numerous occasions throughout history, believers from different schools a...
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