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Graduate Students

Reem Abou Harb

BA in Health Communication, American University of Beirut, 2021

I am interested in continental philosophy.

Abdennour Atouani

BA in Philosophy, American University of Beirut, 2026

I am interested in Metaphysics, Islamicate Philosophy, and Continental Philosophy, particularly Critical Theory and Existentialism

Kassem Ayache

BA in Finance (minor in Economics), Lebanese American University, Beirut, 2018

My main areas of interest are: Political Philosophy & Political Economics, Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, and Psychoanalysis.

Pia Maria Bou Doleh

BA in English Literature, Lebanese American University, 2021

My main areas of interest are Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, and Epistemology.

Ali Dehaybes

BA in Philosophy, American University of Beirut, 2023

I have a keen interest in Western Philosophy. I am particularly interested in Metaphysics. I have a special liking for Platonism and Metaphysical Idealism. I also have a special interest in the tradition of Philosophical Pessimism, specifically Schopenhauerian metaphysics. I am also fascinated by Eastern Philosophy. I like Chinese and Indian philosophy, especially Taoist and Buddhist systems of thought.

Aya Fadel

BBA - Finance, American University of Beirut, 2024

I enjoy reading and studying about agency and moral responsibility, ancient and medieval philosophy, critical works especially those on religious thought and belief, ethics, Kant's transcendental idealism and moral philosophy, metaphysics, and social epistemology.

My main research is within the scope of the History of Arabic and Islamic Philosophy, specifically Ibn Sīnā's (Avicenna) metaphysical works.

Mohammad Hamdan

BA, Double Major in Pure Mathematics and Philosophy, American University of Beirut, 2026

My work engages Marx, Wittgenstein, and Lukács, with broader interests in German Idealism, aesthetics, and the philosophies of language, math, and science.

Zahra Makki

BA in Philosophy (minor in Biology), American University of Beirut, 2019

Research interests: metaphysics (both contemporary and ancient), metaethics. I segued into the study of philosophy through the Ancients, and what continues to pique my interest is Ancient and Medieval philosophy as well as the reception of Ancient philosophy, particularly Neoplatonism, into Arabic/Islamic philosophy, with a special focus on Avicennian ontology (notions of privation and essential good). In my own life, I am always searching for ways in which metaphysical viewpoints may intersect with the contemporary queries of lived experience. When I am not reading or researching, I am often hiking a trail or exploring the coffee scene of a new city.

Sadek Meheiddine

BS in Computer Science, Lebanese American University, 2024

My philosophical interests span Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science, Logic, and Contemporary Islamic Philosophy.
In addition to a personal and artistic interest in Music Theory and its relationship to cognition.

Jens Munch

BA in Philosophy, Oxford University, 2001

My BA was primarily within Anglo-American philosophy, but where I could I was reaching for Marxist (and broadly continental perspectives) and Wittgensteinian perspectives on how philosophy is practiced. During my MA at AUB I spent a lot of time working through Nietzsche and the lineage he forms part of. For my thesis I'm looking at how ethics in academic philosophy understands the moral patient, with particular focus on how this is extended to apply (or not) to AI.

Nada Serhan

Bachelor’s in Biochemistry, Lebanese University, 2011

Master's in Food Technology, Lebanese International University, 2016

BA in Philosophy, Al-Maaref University, 2024

MA in Islamic Studies, American University of Beirut, 2026

My primary research interests lie in metaethics and moral psychology. I am especially interested in questions concerning the nature and grounds of moral responsibility, moral agency, and the psychological capacities underlying moral judgment and action. I also have broader interests in the philosophy of science, philosophy of religion, metaphysics, and Islamic philosophy, particularly where these fields intersect with questions of agency, normativity, rationality, and the nature of value.

Riwa Tabaja

BA in Philosophy, American University of Beirut, 2025

My primary research interests lie in aesthetics, with broader interests in existentialism and social and political philosophy.

Mohammad Tabikh

BA in Computer Science, Lebanese University, 2019

BA in Philosophy, Université Saint-Joseph, Beirut, 2023

My main interests in philosophy are analytical philosophy and philosophy of science.

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