Irfan Shahîd
Irfan Arif Shahîd | |
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عرفان عارف شهيد | |
| Born | Irfan Arif Kawar January 15, 1926 Nazareth, Mandatory Palestine (now Israel) |
| Died | November 9, 2016 (aged 90) Washington, D.C., United States |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford (BA) Princeton University (PhD) |
| Occupation | Professor |
Irfan Arif Shahîd (Arabic: عرفان عارف شهيد ʿIrfān ʿĀrif Shahīd; January 15, 1926 – November 9, 2016), also known as Erfan Arif Kawar (عرفان عارف قعوار ʿIrfān ʿĀrif Qaʿwār), was an American professor and scholar in the field of Oriental studies. Between 1982 and 2016, he was the Oman Professor of Arabic and Islamic Literature at Georgetown University. Shahîd also became a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America in 2012.