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Professor Mohamed 'Arafa, S.J.D. '13, delivered a lecture at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. His talk was titled, "Transnational Justice without Transition: Is the Middle East in a Trap?" The event took place on October 23.

Earlier in the Fall 2018 semester, Professor 'Arafa spoke at Case Western Reserve University Law School on October 16, where his topic was " The Thin and the Thick Rule of Law: Reforming Human Rights Legislations in the Middle East." He traveled to The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law on October 8 to present a lecture titled, "Blue Wave or Red Warning? Human Rights and Sharie'a Law." On October 3, he was a discussant for a talk titled, "Islam, Democracy, and Terrorism," at Cornell Law School, presented by Adjunct Professor Hesham Genidy from Indiana University in Bloomington. Professor 'Arafa also spoke on the topic, " The Legitimacy of Islamic Sharie'a Law: Whither Ijtihad?" as part of the Clark Initiative for Law and Development in the Middle East and North Africa Speaker Series at Cornell Law School. This lecture took place on September 26.

Professor 'Arafa wrote an introduction to a classic translation of the Koran, providing a detailed overview of Islam, Islamic Law, and the beliefs of Muslims. The work, titled "The Koran (Al-Qur'an): Arabic-English Bilingual Edition with an Introduction by Mohamed A. 'Arafa" is part of the Comparative Religion Collection published by Time Books.

Professor 'Arafa also published "A Question to the President of the United States, Donald Trump: Is It a Travel Ban, or a Muslim Ban, or a Travel Muslim Ban?" in Revista de Investigações Constitucionais Journal of Constitutional Research.

Professor 'Arafa will present the talk titled, "Uniquely Human and Unthinkable: Is Compatibility Achievable between Islamic (Sharie'a) Law and Human Rights Law?" as part of the Berger International Speaker Series at Cornell Law School. The lecture will take place on November 6. He is a Visiting Scholar and Professor at Cornell via the Clark Initiative for Law and Development in the Middle East for the 2018-2019 academic year.

Professor 'Arafa will teach a course during the Spring 2019 semester at Cornell Law, titled "Comparative Middle Eastern Law: Contemporary Issues." He plans to resume teaching his courses on Islamic Law and Comparative Middle Eastern Law as an adjunct professor at IU McKinney during the 2019-2020 academic year.