Dr. Azzam Tamimi
Date of Birth: 15 March 1955
Place of Birth: Hebron, Palestine.
Education:
Ph.D. in Political Theory (1998), University of Westminster, London. Title: Islam and Transition to Democracy in the Middle East: Prospects and Obstacles.
BSc. in Combined Studies in Science (1979), University of Sunderland, U.K.
GCE, A' Level in Biology, Chemistry and Physics (1976), Cornwall Technical College, U.K.
Secondary School Certificate (1974), Kuwait.
Professional Experience:
Director of the Institute of Islamic Political Thought, London. As of July 1999. And as of September 2000, Senior Lecturer at Markfield Institute of Higher Education.
Researcher, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster, U.K. September 1992 to June 1999.
Director, Liberty for the Muslim World, London, U.K. From February 1992 to July 1999.
Director, Islamic Movement Parliamentary Office, Amman, Jordan. From January 1990 to December 1991.
Freelance translator from May 1985 to December 1989.
Media Monitor and News Analyst, Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS), U.S. Government (based initially in Cyprus and then re-located to Bahrain). From May 1980 to April 1985.
Medical Representative, Boeringer Mannheim, Germany (based in Amman and Kuwait). From July 1979 to March 1980.
Books:
Power-Sharing Islam? (ed.), London 1993.
Musharakat al-Islamiyin Fis-Sultah (ed.), London 1994.
Ash-Shar'iyah as-Siyasiyah fil-Islam (Political Legitimacy in Islam) (ed.), London 1997.
Islam and Secularism in the Middle East (ed.), Hurst, London and New York University Prfess in New York. Spring 2000.
(Forthcoming) Rachid Ghannouchi, Oxford University Press, New York. Expected summer 2001.
Papers:
Islam & Pluralism.
Democracy in modern Islamic Political Thought.
Islam in the Western Media.
Islamic Fundamentalism and Political Violence.
The Jordanian Islamic Movement's Democratic Experience.
Human Rights in Modern Islamic Discourse.
Islam and Democracy: The Political and the Religious in Islamic Political Thought.
Legitimacy of Resistance: An Islamic Perspective.
Jerusalem Under Historic Muslim Rule.
Muslim Identity and Human Rights.
The Concept of the Last Day and Martyrdom in Islam.
Islamism and Civil Society.
Challenges Facing Islamic Movements in the Era of Democracy
Other Activities:
Writer on Palestinian and Middle Eastern Affairs: London Impact Int., London Muslim News, Amman Assabeel and Kuwait Al-Mujtamaa.
Commentator on Palestinian and Middle Eastern affairs as well as on the affairs of Islamic Movements in the Middle East and North Africa. (for a number of news media including the BBC, Sky News, Al-Jazeera and ANN).
Lecturer on Contemporary Islamic issues and Middle Eastern and North African politics.
