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Emann Allebban

Biography

When Emann Allebban expanded her interests from Western philosophy to Islamic philosophy, she discovered it had been studied largely as “a mystical or religious tradition” to the exclusion of its merit as a philosophical discipline. She won a Fulbright scholarship to study Arabic language in Syria, to equip herself for in-depth study of Islamic philosophy and its roots in ancient and medieval philosophy.

During her time at the University of Michigan at Dearborn, she became a prolific researcher and writer on ethics, ancient and modern philosophy, metaphysics and the philosophy of religion. She had published seven journal articles and is co-authoring a book on Islamic bioethics, including end-of-life issues.

After 9/11, she became an accomplished and inspiring speaker as an active member of the American Muslim community talking to young people about the importance of dialogue and diversity. She helped found Students United for Peace and Justice and then started a Michigan chapter of the Pluralism Project about the changing American religious landscape. She recently made her first trip to Iraq to visit an ailing grandfather and was sickened by the damage done to people and to the country under Saddam’s rule. She says that she “and every other silent global citizen of the world are to blame for such atrocities…And so I promise myself not to ever be silent again.”

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