Abed el-Rahman Tayyara

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.

Office: RT 1606
Phone: 216-687-5138, 216-687-4646
Fax: 216-687-4650
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Address: 2121 Euclid Ave. RT 1606, Cleveland, OH 44115