Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali is a Postdoctoral Researcher under the ANR PLIC/INaLCO project (2024–2025) and has served as a Research Associate/Lecturer at the Area Study Center (Russia, China & Central Asia) at the University of Peshawar since 2018. He specializes in Pashto language and literature, with broader expertise in Iranian languages, Central Asian societies, and cultural studies.

• Education: PhD (2017) and M.Phil (2011) in Pakistani Languages & Literature (Pashto specialization) from Allama Iqbal Open University; studied at Humboldt University, Berlin.
• MA in Pashto (2009), MA in English (2007), BA (2004) from University of Malakand.

His research focuses on Pashto linguistics and literature, intercultural exchanges in the Near East, and digital humanities projects like Perspred for Iranian language resources. He has contributed to initiatives such as EpiPOM on medieval Islamic architecture and TransPerse on 5th-century Persian martyrs' narratives.

Professional roles include teaching Pashto language, literature, and linguistics at Higher Education Department (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, 2010–2018) and serving as a Tutor at Allama Iqbal Open University for courses on Pakistani languages and textbook development.