• 2006: B.A. English Language and Literature, Damascus University.
• 2007: Diploma in Pedagogy and Education (teaching degree), University of Homs / Syria.
• 05.2008 - 09.2009: Research Assistant at the University of Damascus.
• 2012: M.A. German Studies, University of Leipzig.
• 2015: M.A. Political Science, University of Leipzig, thesis topic: "Islamist Groups in Syria between Nation-State and God-State Orientation".
• Dec. 2017: PhD in Literary Studies, University of Leipzig, topic of thesis: "Humanismus-Diskurs im Drama der Nachkriegszeit".
• Since 2022: Research associate at the Institute for Islamic Studies, currently pursuing a PhD in Islamic Studies

WiSe 2022/23, 14310: Politische Legitimität im Islam

WiSe 2022/23, 14311: Texte zu arabischer siyasa

SoSe 2024, 14325: Middle East Conflict in Arabic Media (with Prof. Dr. Florian Zemmin)

SoSe 2024, 14301b: Der Nahostkonflikt

WiSe 2024/25, 14213: Der politische Islam und die Frage der Konzeptualisierung

WiSe 2025/26,14213: Revolutionen des "Arabischen Frühlings": Hintergründe, Aspekte und Debatten

Current: 

The Political Legitimacy in Contemporary Arab Political Thought

Other research interests and foci:

• Relationship between politics and religion (Islam) in the Arab world.
• Culture, politics and society in the Middle East
• Arab political thought and modern Arab intellectual history
• Relationship between politics and literature in the German and Arabic-speaking world

Selection:

• Introduction: Arab Politics: The crisis of Reality and Theory. In: Emad Alali (Guest Editor): Issues in Politics and Political Thought after the Arab Revolutions (Special Issue), Siyasat Arabiya, 13, 74 (2025).
• Revolution between Realistic Objectives and Normative Implications: Towards a New Reading of the Arab Revolution. In: Emad Alali (Guest Editor): Issues in Politics and Political Thought after the Arab Revolutions (Special Issue), Siyasat Arabiya, 13, 74 (2025).
• Political Transition in Syria: Challenges and Perspectives for State Building and Political Institutional Reform (AR). In: Siyasat Arabiya, 13, 72 (2025).
• Modernization in the Gulf region as a means of legitimacy? An examination from normative perspectives of state studies. In: Journal of Gulf Studies, 1, 2 (2024). 
• Abdulrahman al-Kawakibi: Von Naturen des Despotismus und Fatalitäten der Versklavung. Übersetzt, kommentiert und herausgegeben von Emad Alali. Mit einem Geleitwort von Udo Steinbach. Münster u.a.: LIT Verlag, 2021.
• Der politische Prozess hat Priorität. Plädoyer für eine aktive Syrien-Politik der EU. In: Welttrends 167, 2020. S. 14–18
• Rezension zu Bassam Tibis Buch: Euro-Islam statt Islamismus. Ein Integrationskonzept (2020). In: Welttrends 172, 2021. S. 66–67.
• Der politische Geist der Arabellion. In: Qantara - Dialog mit der islamischen Welt, 19.02.2019.