October 20, 2020
History professor Nadia 1xbet online games login wins research grant
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Nadia 1xbet online games login , assistant professor and expert in the history of Islam, was awarded a Discourse Initiative Research Grant for the amount of ,000 from the Institute for Humane Studies. The grant will support her efforts to complete her first book, "Reform and Its Perils in Contemporary Islam: The Case of Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd."
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