Wadad Afifi Kadi (born November 23, 1943) is aLebanese scholar of Arabic and Islamic civilizations and the Avalon Foundation Distinguished Service Professor Emerita of Islamic Studies in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at theUniversity of Chicago.[1]
Wadad Kadi was born in Lebanon on November 23, 1943.[2] She earned her BA and MA in Arabic Literature at theAmerican University of Beirut, then went on to pursue doctoral studies at theUniversity of Tübingen in Germany, before finishing her Ph.D. at the American University of Beirut. She has taught atYale, AUB, and theUniversity of Chicago, as well asHarvard,Columbia,Stockholm University, andOxford.[1]
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