Walid Abdelgawad

Walid Abdelgawad is an affiliated academic at the Dubnow Institute, specializing in Islamic Studies, Arabic Philology, and Orientalist traditions. His work bridges Quranic interpretation, postcolonial theory, and cross-cultural translation studies. After completing his MA in 2006 with a thesis on Arabic translations of Hitler's Mein Kampf, he pursued doctoral research on Amin al-Khuli's Quranic hermeneutics (2012–2016), followed by a postdoc at the Jewish Museum Berlin (2016–2018).

• Education: MA in Islamic Studies (Al-Azhar University, Leipzig); ongoing PhD at Dubnow Institute
• Research Focus: Quranic modernism, German-Jewish orientalism, antisemitic discourse in Arabic translation, and interfaith educational models
• Publications: 10+ works spanning 2007–2021, including analyses of Ignaz Goldziher's influence, Quranic reform movements, and ethical frameworks in Christian-Muslim dialogue
• Translations: Collaborated on Quran audio editions, Arabic subtitles for documentaries, and medieval religious texts
• Expertise: Dual-language academic translation, critical orientalist analysis, religious pedagogy