Abed El-Rahman Tayyara
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 Title: Assistant Professor
 Dept: Modern Languages
 Office: RT 1606
 Phone: 216-687-5138
 Email: A.TAYYARA@csuohio.edu
 Address: 2121 Euclid Ave. RT 1606, Cleveland, OH 44115

Courses Taught


Education:
Ph.D., New York University
 
Brief Bio:
Abed el-Rahman Tayyara, Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Arabic.  He earned his Ph.D. in Islamic Studies at New York University.  His dissertation is entitled, "The Reflection of non-Islamic Cultures in Early Islamic Universal Histories."  He earned his BA in History and Classical Studies, and M.A. in Roman History at Tel-Aviv University. He taught at New York University before coming to Cleveland State University where he is teaching Middle Eastern Studies and Arabic.  Dr. Tayyara's teaching and research interests include a wide range of areas, such as History of Islam and the Middle East, Islamic historiography, classical Arabic literature, the transmission of knowledge from Greek culture to the Islam, Semitic languages, and Byzantine history.
 
Research Interests:
History of Islam and the Middle East, Islamic historiography, classical Arabic literature, the transmission of knowledge from Greek culture to the Islam, Semitic languages, and Byzantine history