Nasr Abu Zayd - Honors and Distinctions

Honors and Distinctions

  • 1975–1977: Ford Foundation Fellowship at the American University in Cairo.
  • 1978–1979: Ford Foundation Fellowship at the Center for Middle East Studies of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia USA.
  • 1982: Obtained the ‘Abdel-‘Azīz al-Ahwānī Prize for Humanities.
  • 1985–1989: Visiting Professor, Osaka University of Foreign Studies Japan.
  • 1993: The President of Tunisia conferred the Republican Order of Merit for services to Arab culture in May.
  • 1994– Member of the Advisory Board for the "Encyclopædia of the Qur’an"
  • 1995–: Visiting Professor at Leiden University, The Netherlands.
  • 1998: The Jordanian Writers Association Award for Democracy and Freedom.
  • 2000–2001: The Cleveringa Honorary Chair in Law, Responsibility, Freedom of Religion and Conscience, Leiden University.
  • 2002: The Roosevelt Institute Medal for Freedom of Worship.
  • 2002–2003: Fellow at the Wissenschaften College in Berlin.

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