Kaim Elsaiad كريم الصياد was born in 1981, Cairo, Egypt. He through the governmental education system joined the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University(Kasr Al-Aini)in 1999. Due to his interest in philosophy he turned to join the Faculty of Arts at the same university after two years of studying medicine. He got his PhD in hermeneutics from University pf Cologne, Germany and became a senior lecturer at Department of Philosophy of Cairo University, Medicine impressed him deeply as it is seen in his short stories especially. His research interests vary from Islamic philosophy, Islamic philosophy of law, Islamic theology, contemporary Arab thought, political philosophy, political economy to the leftist and socialist western streams of thought, specially Marxism and existentialism esp. Heidegger.
Began in 2007 to publish his literature works, he had several books and research papers published to present.
Academic qualifications
-Jan. 2018 PhD from the university of Cologne, Germany in Islamic hermeneutics: "Ontologie der Koranauslegung".
January 2012: MA in philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, excellent grade, thesis title "Theory of Right in 'Ilm Usūl Al Fiqh: A Study in the Islamic Methodology", supervised by Prof. Dr. Hassan Hanafi and Prof. Dr. Mostafa Labeeb, Philosophy Department, Faculty of Arts, Cairo University.
August 2005: Excellent BA, with honors in philosophy, ranked 1st on Philosophy Department and 8th on Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, 2005.
Professional experience and affiliations
April 2012-present: Assistant Lecturer at Philosophy Department, Cairo University, Faculty of Arts.
June 2010-present: Active member in Union of Egyptian Writers.
February 2006-April 2012: Teaching Assistant at Philosophy Department, Cairo University, Faculty of Arts.
June 2006-present: Member in Egyptian Philosophical Society, Cairo, Egypt.
June 2006-January 2008: Head of Gozoor Philosophical Society, Cairo, Egypt.
List of publications
1) In philosophy:
2013: (to be published): research paper: "Methods of Exegesis in the Modern Arabic Thoughtمناهج التفسير في الفكر العربي المعاصر" in: Aorāk Falsafiyyah journal of philosophy, Cairo, Egypt.
2013: (to be published): book: "Theory of Right in 'Ilm Usūl Al Fiqhنظرية الحق في علم أصول الفقه ", originally MA thesis, the General Organization for Culture Palaces, Cairo.
2013 (to be published): Conference paper: "Ideo-archaeological Method of Nasr Abu Zaidمنهج الحفر الأيديولوجي عند نصر أبو زيد ", in Dialogues of Alexandria of the year 2010, Egyptian Philosophical Society.
2013 (to be published): Conference paper: "Position and Nature in Al-shattibi's Usūl Al Fiqhالوضع والطبيعة في أصول الفقه عند الشاطبي ", in the Deeds of the 20th International Philosophical Conference of Egyptian Philosophical Society, Egyptian Philosophical Society.
2013 (to be published): "Text-history Complex of Origenes of Alexandriaمركّب النص-التاريخ في تفسير أوريجين السكندري ",
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