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College / Department

College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Arabic and Translation Studies

Teaching areas

Arabic Heritage, Islamic Philosophy, Islamic Studies, Ethics in Arabo-Islamic tradition, Philosophy

Research areas

Islamic ethics in kalam, usul al-fiqh and philosophy, Ethical theories, Islamic Philosophy, Contemporary Arabic thought, Pluralism and tolerence, Gender issues

Education

PhD, The Thesis focuses on the development of Arabo-Islamic moral thought from the early beginnings to the rise of the Ash'arites. It primarily focuses on the Mu'tazilite ethics as expounded by the 11th century 'Abd al-Jabbar the author of al-Mughni, Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Department, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
PGD, Higher Diploma in Medical Physics, Department of Physics, University of Jordan, Jordan
Master, Thesis title: "Philosophy and scientific methodology of 'Abd al-Lat̩īf al- Baghdādī"., University of Jordan, Jordan
PGD, Higher Diploma in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Jordan, Jordan
BS, B.Sc., Physics, Department of Physics, University of Jordan, Jordan

Professional experience

Lecturer at American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates(2018 - Present)
Adjunct faculty at American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates(2017 - 2018)
Adjunct faculty at American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates(2016 - 2017)
Visiting Assistant Professor at American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates(2015 - 2016)
Visiting Scholar, Adjunct Faculty at American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates(2014 - 2015)
Head of the Department at King's Academy, Jordan(2010 - 2014)
Faculty at King's Academy, Jordan(2008 - 2010)
Part time lecturer at University of Jordan, Jordan(2007 - 2008)
Clinical Scientist at Cookridge Hospital, United Kingdom(2005 - 2006)
Medical Physicist at Ministry of Health, Jordan(1988 - 2004)
Part time lecturer at Ministry of Health, Jordan(1990 - 1992)

Memberships

American Philosophical Association (APA), 2017 - present
British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES), 2008 - present
The Jordanian Philosophical Society, 2012 - 2014

Contact

malattar@aus.edu
+971 6 515 2501

Dr. Mariam Al-Attar

Lecturer
PhD in Islamic Ethics, University of Leeds, UK

After obtaining her PhD from the University of Leeds, Mariam Al-Attar taught courses in Islamic studies, philosophy and ethics at King's Academy- Jordan. She also taught various courses in philosophy at the philosophy department at the University of Jordan. In the American University of Sharjah she taught courses on Arab heritage, introduction to philosophy, and Islamic philosophy. She is the author of a book on Islamic ethics, as well as various book chapters and journal articles. Her research interests includes ethics, kal'am, us'ul al-fiqh, philosophy, and contemporary Arab thought. Prior to her academic career, she was a physicist working as a clinical scientist in Jordanian hospitals and in the UK.

Publications

Mariam Al-Attar, Divine Command Theory in the Islamic Legal Tradition, Published, 2019
Mariam Al-Attar, Meta-ethics: A Quest for Epistemological Basis of Morality in Classical Islamic Thought, Published, Journal of Islamic Ethics - Brill, 1, 1-2, pp. 29-50, 2017
Mariam Al-attar, FOOD ETHICS: A CRITIQUE OF SOME ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVES ON GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD, Published, Zygon, 52, 1, pp. 53-75, 2017
Mariam Al-Attar, Richard Taylor, Luis López-Farjeat, The Ethics and Metaphysics of Divine Command Theory (ed), 315-125, Published, pp. pp. 315 - 325, 2015
Mariam Al-Attar, Zahia Salhi, Women and Violence: in Light of an Islamic Normative Ethical Theory Tauris, March 2013, Published, pp. pp. 62 - 82, 2013
Mariam Al-Attar, Islamic Ethics: Divine Command Theory in Arabo-Islamic Thought, Published, pp. 224, 2010

Conference Presentations

Mariam Al-Attar, The question of pluralism and moral values in Arabo-Islamic thought, Symposium on Islamic Philosophy, Al-'Ain, United Arab Emirates, April, 2019
Mariam Al-Attar, Reconciling Common Morality and The Purposes of Law, an attempt to reconstruct a foundation for religious and moral pluralism, European Academy of Religion – Annual Conference, Bologna, Italy, March, 2019
Mariam Al-Attar, Theories of Ethics in Islamic Thought and the Question of Moral Pluralism, Sources of Pluralism in Islamic Thought, Casablanca, Morocco, July, 2018
Mariam Al-Attar, Food Ethics: The debate over the permissibility of the Genetically Modified food (GM food) in contemporary Muslim juridical ethics, Insatiable Appetite: Food as a Cultural Signifier, Beirut, Lebanon, May, 2016
Mariam Al-Attar, Reflections on Arab Feminist Thought, Women, Empowerment and Development Conference, Mostaganem, Algeria, November, 2015
Mariam Al-Attar, A quest for Epistemological Basis of Morality in Classical Islamic Thought, Methodology Seminar on Qur'an and Ethics, Doha, Qatar, January, 2015
Mariam Al-Attar, Meta-ethics: The analysis of ethical terms and concepts in Arabo-Islamic thought, Mapping Arabic Heritage: Language, Literature and Culture, Past and Present, April, 2014
Mariam Al-Attar, Gender and Violence in Islam, 12th Mediterranean Research Meeting MRM, Montecatini, Terme, Italy, April, 2011
Mariam Al-Attar, Islamic Ethics (in Arabic), Religion and ethics, Amman, Jordan, April, 2011
Mariam Al-Attar, Comparison between the Principle of Utility and the Doctrine of al-Mas̩lah̩a, WOCMES Congress, Barcelona, Spain, July, 2010
Mariam Al-Attar, Reconsidering the Place of Ethical Voluntarism an Arabo-Islamic Thought, BRISMES annual conference, Leeds, England, July, 2008

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