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About Gabriel Sawma

Professor: Middle East Studies at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Lawyer with Middle East Background; Graduated in 1970 from the Lebanese University, school of law.

Admitted to the Lebanese Bar Association of Beirut, 1970.

Practiced law in Beirut at the law firm of Rizkallah & Farah (1970-75).

Nominated to be a judge in Lebanon, Lebanese Judicial Studies, (1975).

Supervised contracts in Europe and the Middle East. (1976-77).

Travelled extensively to the Middle East (1968-77).

Worked in Saudi Arabia, (1968-1970).

Professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University

285 Madison Avenue,

Madison, NJ 07940-1099.

Taught the following courses:

Arabic 1001, Fall 2007, Spring 2008
Arabic 1002, Spring 2008
Arab Culture and Civilization, Fall 2009
Arab-Islamic Culture and Civilization, Fall 2011
Near East as Source of Western Culture
Middle East Constitutional Law – comparative study, including Islamic law of marriage, divorce, child custody and inheritance

Course taught at the University of Liverpool:

Islamic Finance, 2010

Course taught at Mercer Community College, West Windsor, New Jersey, Fall 2011.

Arabic 101

Professor of Arabic 101 at Princeton Adult School in Princeton, NJ (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)

Lecturer on Islamic Shari’a and its sources. See my lecture at Fairleigh Dickinson University to students and faculty: http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=7899

Lectured on the law of marriage, divorce and child custody in Islamic Sharia at the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML), The Sagamore Resort, Lake George, New York.
Expert Consultant on Muslim family laws of the Middle East, Central Asia, and India.
Expert Consultant of Islamic divorce in USA, see our website at: http://www.islamicdivorceinusa.com
Lectured at The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers in New York.

Featured on the BBC as, “Expert Consultant on Islamic divorce in USA.” The interview is posted on BBC’s website:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8608878.stm

Featured on CNN as “Professor and Expert Consultant on Islamic sharia law.” The interview is posted on CNN’s website:

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/11/egypt.divorce/index.html

Editor in chief of a blog on International Law, mainly Islamic law of marriage, divorce and custody of children:

http://www.gabrielsawma.blogspot.com

Author of dozens of articles dealing with Islamic divorce in USA and on International Law: Most of these articles can be found on our website at, http://www.gabrielsawma.blogspot.com

Following is a partial list of my articles on Islamic and Hindu Divorces:[1]

The Law of Marriage and Divorce in the United Arab Emirates
Islamic Syrian Divorce in USA
Islamic Yemeni Divorce in USA
Islamic Jordanian Divorce in USA
Recognition of Hindu Divorces in New York State
Islamic Divorce in New York State
The Khul’ Divorce in Egypt
Islamic Women Divorce Laws in Egypt
Muslim Iranian Divorce in USA
Pakistani Islamic Divorce in U.S. Courts
Islamic Lebanese Divorce in USA
Islamic Marriage Over the Phone, an interview with BBC, (see above)
Islamic Sharia in Theory and Practice, a Lecture at FDU, (see above)
Divorce in Egypt, an interview with CNN, (see above)
Annulment of Islamic Marriages
The Wali (guardian) in Islamic Marriages According to Hanafi Jurisprudence
Islamic Marriage Contracts in the Hanafi Jurisprudence
The Jihaz in Islamic Marriages
The Nafaqa in Islamic Marriage
The Mahr in Islamic Marriage Contracts
Indian Divorce in US Courts
Application of Islamic Sharia in US Courts
Abduction of American Children to Saudi Arabia