Dr. Eltigani Hamed

Professor and Assistant Director for Graduate Studies

Ph.D. (Politics), University of London (SOAS) U.K., 1989

M.A.  (Political Philosophy), University of Khartoum, Sudan, 1984

B.A. (with Honors) Philosophy, University of Khartoum, Sudan, 1980

Bio

Eltigani Hamid has been Associate professor at Zayed University since 2004. Before joining Zayed University, he worked as Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences, Leesburg, Virginia, USA; Adjunct Professor, Shenandoah University, Winchester, W. Virginia, USA; and Language and Cultural Instructor, Arabic Department, George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center, Foreign Service Institute, US Department of State, Washington, DC. Before moving to the USA, he worked as Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, International Islamic  University, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia; and Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Department of Islamic Studies, University of Khartoum, Sudan.

 
Office

FF2-2 055

Phone:

+9712 402 3649

Teaching Areas

Islamic foundations

Introduction to Islam; An Introduction to Quran’ic Exegesis; The Qur’an and Its Exegesis; Studies on the Biography of the Prophet Muhammad; Islamic Theology.

Movements

Movements of Reform and Renewal in Islamic History; Contemporary Islamic Movements and Issues; Prophethood and Politics; Islamic Social System; Islam: Ethics and Politics; Islam: Culture and Contemporary Politics

Political Science

Political Theory; Western Political Thought; Islamic Political Thought

Research and Professional Activities

Books

Poverty: An Introduction to the Bases of Political Economy in Islam, (Arabic), Khartoum: Institute of Research and Social Studies, 1994.

The Qur'an and Political Philosophy, (Arabic), Khartoum: The National Center for Information Production, 1995.

The Origins  of Political Thought in the Meccan Qur’an, (Arabic), Amman: The International Institute of Islamic Thought, 1995.An English version is published as: The Qur’an and Politics: A Study of the Origins of Political Thought  in the Makkan Qur’an,The International Institute of Islamic Thought, London Office, 2004

Niza’ al-Islamiyyin fi al-Sudan(The Power Struggle of the Islamists in Sudan, Khartoum, Sudan, March 2008

Papers

"Sudan's Experiment of Islamic Rule." (Arabic) Qira'at Siyasiyyah (World and Islamic Studies Enterprise) vol. 2, no. 3 (summer 1992).

"Islam and Negritude." (Arabic) Dirasat Istiratiqiyya (Khartoum: Centre of Strategic Studies) No. 2 (Jan. 1995)

"Islam and Federalism." (Arabic) Dirasat Ifriqiyya  (Khartoum: International University of Africa) no. 13 (June 1995).

"Relationships between the Shari'a Sciences and  Contemporary Social Sciences." (Arabic) Al-Ta'sil (Khartoum: Ministry of Higher Education Scientific Research) no. 2 (May 1995).

"An Introduction to Islamization of Knowledge." (Arabic) Al-Ta'sil (Khartoum: Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research) no. 1 (Dec. 1994).

"Al-Tafsir al-Ta'wili Wa 'ilm al-Siyasa." (Qur'an and Politics: an Interpretive Paradigm) Islamiyyat al-Ma'rifa,  vol. 3, no. 10 (Oct. 1997).

"Al-Namudhaj al-Tafsiri li ‘Alaqat al-Muslimin al-Kharijiyya." (An Interpretive Paradigm for Muslims External Relations) Al-Tajdid, vol. 5 (Feb. 1999).

"Al-Mafhun al-Qurani Wa al-Tandhim al-Madani." (Qur'ani Concept and Civil Society) Islamiyyat al Ma'rifa, vol. IV, no. 5, (Winter 1419 AH/1999).

"Fi Fiqh al-Islah al-Islami." (On the Concepts and Movements of Islamic Reform), Islamiyyat al-Ma'rifa, vol. V, no. 17 (Summer 1420 AH/1999).

"Al-Mawardi's Theory of State: Some Ignored Dimensions," American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, vol.18,(Fall 2001), no. 4.

Encyclopedia Articles:

“Islamic Reform Movements” for The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History, Paul Tiyambe Zeleza and Dichson Eyoh, eds., London & New York : Routledge Ltd., December 2002

“Islam in Africa,” for New Dictionary of the History of Ideas(NDHI), Maryanne Cline Horowitz, ed., Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York: December 2004.

“Community: An Economic Islamic Perspective” in: AbdelHamid Brahimi, ed., The Encyclopedia of Islamic Economy, London, 2009.

Book Chapters

“The Concept of Islah in the Qur’an,” in : Andrew Rippin, ed., Coming to Terms with the Quran, a volume in honor of Prof. Issa Boullata, MacGill University,2008.

“Political Developments and Trends in Contemporary Middle Eastern Countries, in : UNESCO: Islam in the World Today,vol.vi,ch.8.2, Cultural Sector publications,2009.

Scholarly Presentations

“The Islamic Discourse: the Case of Sayyid Qutab”, presented at the Arabic & Islamic Departmental Seminar, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, March 7, 2007.

“The Sudanese Islamic Movement: comments and critique”, presented at the Sudanese-American Association, Washington, July 2007

“The Renewal of the Islamic Discourse”, presented at Al-Jazeera TV Channel, al-Doha, Qatar, January 8th.2008.

“The Qur’anic Narrative” , presented at the Institute of Islamic Thought, Virginia ,US, June,2008

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