Prof. Dr. Amro Abdelaziz Mounir
CV
Job /Position
(with Prof. Dr. Claudia Ott): Gerda Henkel Fellowship for Global Intellectual History: Research Tandems at the Gotha Research Centre of the University of Erfurt
+49 361 737 1725 (Office at Gotha Research Centre)
has a PhD (2007) in Medieveal History and Myths Studies. He is a University Professor and an author of multiple publications that were published as books and peer-reviewed articles. His research interest include Medieval History, Manuscript studies, Mamluk, Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations, Myth and History, Medieval Mediterranean, and folklore. He won the Ibn Battuta Prize for Travel Literature in 2010, and the Al-Kasso Prize in 2014.
Academic Qualifications
- PhD of Arts with honors degree 2007 (Zagazig University/Faculty of Arts/History department/Medieval history). Title of Dissertation: “Myths related to Egypt in some writings of Muslim Historians. A Comparative Study”
- Master of Arts, excellent degree 2004 (Zagazig University/Faculty of Arts/Medieval history department) With the recommendation of publication and circulation between universities. On a dissertation entitled “Urbanism in Egypt in the Sixth and Seventh Hijri Centuries: A Comparative Study in the Writings of Travelers”
Work Experience
- Professor of Medieval History at the College of Sharia and Islamic Studies at Umm Al-Qura University from 2014 - 2024 AD
- Assistant Professor of Medieval History for two academic years at the College of Arts and Arts, University of Hail, Saudi Arabia, from 1/9/2009. to 08/31/2011 AD. Excellent service rating
- Lecturer of Medieval History, Faculty of Arts, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt from 2012 to date
Memberships in Academic organizations
- Member of the Committee of Folklore and Cultural Heritage of the Supreme Council in Cairo, Egypt from 2015 to 2017 and from 2023 to date
- Member of the Egyptian Writers Union
- Member of the Egyptian Association for Historical Studies
- Member of the Association of Arab Historians
- Member of the Islamic Manuscripts Authority in Cambridge
- Associated Member of the Gotha Research Centre
Academic Output
Published Academic Books
- The Book of the Oldest Chinguetti Journey “The Journey of Hajj Muhammad Al-Bashir Bin Abi Bakr Al-Bartali Al-Wali to the Two Holy Mosques” 1204 AH / 1789 AD) (Study and Investigation) 2021 AD (Leiden - Brill - The Netherlands.
- [Kitāb Ṭayf al-Khayāl: A New Edition of Ibn Dāniyāl's Work on Life in Middle Ages Cairo] 2024 AD (BRILL).
- A Coptic Popular Tale in Ottoman Egypt: The Sīrah of the Coptic Priest Nuṣayr al-Iskandrānī and His Son Murqus . 2024 AD (BRILL).
- The book "Myths Related to Egypt in the Writings of Muslim Historians” (Dar Ain for Social Studies and Research first edition (2008 AD); second edition coming in the publications of the Alousra Library in Cairo 2012 AD
- “The tale of King Al-Badr Nar bin Al-Nahrawan bin Taybosh bin Qaybush” (study and editing). 2024 AD (BRILL).
- The book of “ the East between History and Folklore” (Dar al-Islam, 2005).
- The book of “Egypt in Arab Myths" First Edition, The Supreme Council of Culture in Cairo (2016 AD)
- Oriental Street Memory and Urban Tales (Nile River Publishing Center, Cairo 2019).
- The book of “Masterpiece in the tourism of Egypt and Azpaki”, written by Ahmed Ashour (c. 1924).
- The book of “ the conquests of blessed Egypt “ by Amr Ben Al As (Study and Investigation, Series of awards, Cultural Palaces Authority, Cairo 2016).
- The book (Egyptian Urbanism between travel and Legend) Egyptian Ministry of Culture, General Egyptian Book Organization, Cairo 2011.
- “ thr coral mounds in naming of the Famous Cities Everywhere, authored by Sheikh Ishaq bin Hussein al-Manajm, s. 5 AH) (Supreme Council of Culture, Cairo 2013).
- Analysis and rewriting of the book:” NAMing THE PROVINCES” Written by Sheikh Ishaq bin Al Hassan bin Abi Al Hussein Al Zayat (from the people of the fourth century AH), edited by Amr Abdel Aziz Munir, Juma Al Majid Center, Dubai 2019.
- The book “ The people of tricks and magic games in Egypt and the Leevant , the Ayyubids and Mamluk era “ and editing “ Al-Baher in Citrus fruits “ written by Ibn Shahid Al-Andalusi , Alamiria for printing ,Cairo 2019
- The book of “The impact of Islamic civilization on Europe” (in association with) Al-sharqah heritage institute ,Alsharqah 2017
- “New reading of middle European history” (University Education House - Alexandria 2018
- The Book of “Cairo between History and Myths, Scenes from the Life of the City in the Middle Ages“ (The Arab Office for Knowledge, Cairo 2018 AD).
- The book "Egypt and Urbanism in the Writings of Travelers and Folklore during the Sixth and Seventh Hijri Centuries" (Awards Series, Dar Al Suwaidi Publishing and Distribution, Abu Dhabi 2011).
- “History of popular revolutions in Egypt” , (The Egyptian General Book Authority, Cairo 2014 ).
- The book (Jerusalem in Arab Myths) (Al Nafeza Library, Cairo 2009).
- Thebook “Egypt and the Nile Between History and Folklore” ) (Public Body for Culture Palaces, Popular Studies Series, No. 126, Cairo 2009).
- The book “The most famous Arab journeys from Myth to Space”, (Alnafeza Library, Cairo 2009).
- the conquests of Al- Bahnsa by the companions and the Martyers” (study and editing, culture palaces Authority in Cairo ,Awards series 2012
- Study and editing “Al-Fashoush in the Rulings and Tales of Qaraqosh (Dar Ain for Studies, Cairo 2016 ), the second edition of the Cultural Heritage Series, the General Egyptian Book Authority, Cairo 2021.
- Editor and participant of the book “ Qassem Abdo Qassem between history and popular literature” ) "The Supreme Council of Culture, Cairo 2013".
- Editing and study of “ Albahir in the wonders of tricks “(Published with the Egyptian New Culture magazine, October 2015 ).
- Arab folk tales as a source for reading the history of the Islamic conquest of Egypt” (A study within the proceedings of the Conference on Arab History , how was it written ? the potential answers , Arab Research Center, Beirut, April 2016)
- Editing the book of “ the tale of Alhakom bi Amr Allah “ ( a folk tale of twety chapters , in progress
- Study of the book” shadow ghost” Representations of the shadow ghost of Ibn Daniel. (in review)
- The tale of Pastor Nasir al-Iskandarani and his son Mark (a Coptic folk tale18 AD) edited and studied jointly (in press)
- “The tale of Iraq’s knight “ Part One, Study and edit by : Amr Mounir (Averroes House, Cairo 2022 AD).
- The book of “ Seif bin Zalizal (in the Levantine dialect), study and edit : Amr Mounir (Averroes House, Cairo 2022 AD).
- Book of “History of the Ayyubids and the Mamluks “ (Alrushd library , Riyadh 2021)
- Book of “the History of the Byzantine State “( Alrushd Library , Riyadh 2021 AD)
- Book of “Pages from the History of Medieval Europe “ (Alrushd Library Riyadh 2021 m)
Academic Researches
- Rope Clown in Mamluk Egypt, a historical StudyJournal of Human and Literary Studies, Faculty of Arts - Kafr El-Sheikh University in Egypt) January 2022 AD, Issue Twenty-six. , pp. 50-80.
- (Al-Tariqiah) Road Doctors in Mamluk Egypt (Annals of the Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University in Egypt, April-June, volume 50 for the year 2022 AD) , pp. 120-140.
- Jews and Egyptian Society in the Mamluk Sultanate Era: Between Folk Literature and Historical Sources: The Biography of Al-Zahir Baybars as a Model (A Study in Social and Cultural History. Scientific Journal of the Faculty of Arts, Assiut University, Egypt 2021 AD, Issue (91), July 2024 AD p.p1096 – 1182.
- Beggars in Cairo in the Mamluk Sultanate Era: Between Need and Deceit (A Historical Study) Journal of Arabic Language and Islamic Sciences, Volume (3), Issue (10) - June 2024 AD, pp. 515 - 625.
- Alternative Foods in Egypt and the Levant, the Era of the Mamluk Sultans (648 - 923 AH / 1250 - 1517 AD) Industry and Practices (Journal of Middle East Research Issue 77 July 2022, Ain Shams University, Middle East Research and Future Studies Center). , pp. 33-57.
- The transformations and features of Mamluk folk studies in Egypt (Umm Al-Qura University Journal for Social Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, accepted for publication on 10/11/1443 AH).
- Books of “ Magic games and swift hand as a resourse for reading history “ coming in the book of “Researches in the Arabic manuscript book”, Moroccan Ministry of Culture, Rabat 2021, pp. 241-252
- “ the wonders of verification in the book of Babylonian tricks “Heritage Magazine, Emirates Heritage Club, Issue 251, Abu Dhabi 2020, pp. 52-58.
- Unrecognized Groups : An approach to the people of tricks in Egypt and the Levant in the eras of the Ayyubids and Mamluks (Journal of the Faculty of Arts in Qena - South Valley University, Issue 2014) , pp. 235-303.
- al-dabba'b in the Egyptian Society in the time of Mamluk Sultans. Journal of the Faculty of Arts, South Valley University, Issue 55, April 2022, pp. 916-990.
- A study entitled “ Al-Fashush book between history and folk tales ” Annals of the Egyptian Historian, Cairo University, May 2015, pp. 9-159.
- “Mamluk folk studies, features and development’ coming in the proceedings of the Historical Writing Experience Seminar in Egypt: considering the path and reviewing the outcome , The Arab Center for Studies, Doha 2021, pp. 56-66.
- “ The Islamic-Byzantine struggle in Arab folk tales “A study published in the Journal of the Arab History, Cairo 2016, pp. 165 - 208.
- A study entitled” The weapon of holocaust mirrors in the writings of Muslim historians between historical texts and popular myth during the medieval age”. University of Sharqah Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, December 2017. Volume 14 Issue 2, pp. 292-331.
- A study entitled “The Doves of Constantinople and their role in Byzantine society’ 330 - 1204 AD (published in the Journal of the Faculty of Arts, Assiut University, Issue 63, July 2017 AD),pp. 191-230.
- The Islamic Conquest of Upper Egypt in the Egyptian Popular Consciousness : A reading in the manuscript of Fattouh Al-Bahnasa Al-Gharea (coming in the publications of the Union of Arab Historians, Cairo 2012 AD,pp. 78-110.
- Culture between Baghdad and Cairo in the Arab Islamic heritage in the era of Islamic sovereignty( coming in Baghda Symposium, Capital of Arab Culture 2013, Publications of the Iraqi Ministry of Culture, Baghdad 2013) ,pp. 41-118.
- The Nile River between myth and history (a study in the Journal of Folklore, No. 78 - April 2008) ,pp. 51-66.
- Lost Cities in Arab Myths (a reviewed study published in the Journal of Tolerance (Ministry of Awqaf in the Sultanate of Oman, Issue Twenty-seven, 2009) ,pp. 440-449.
- Alternative foods in Mamluk Egypt, practices, industry and attitude (Middle East Research Journal, Issue 77, July 2022, Ain Shams University, Center for Middle East Research and Future Studies). pp. 47-90.
- “Myth as a source for the study of history” (a study published within the proceedings of the Symposium on the Future of Human Studies in the Twenty-first Century at the Center for Research and Human Studies at the College of Arts and Arts, University of Hail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 3-4/5/2011 AD,pp. 89-115.
- Oral Epidemics among Arabs in the Middle Ages (Prevention and Treatment) Conference of the College of Arts at Kuwait University Department of History and Archeology “Epidemics through History” 20-21/4/2020 AD
- 17. Prosthetics in the ancient Arab heritage (Heritage and Civilization Magazine, Suez Canal University, No. 3 .2014 ,pp. 362 – 365 .
- Microscopic writing on eggs and rice among the Arabs( Islamic Awareness Magazine, Kuwait, April, No. 3 2015) ,pp. 18 – 19 .
- Us and Them The Conflict of Identity in Arabic Popular Folktales The Byzantine Muslim Conflict in The Arabic Legends (Tabbin Journal for Intellectual and Cultural Studies Volume 5, No. 19 Qatar, 2017) ,pp. 77 - 98.
- “The Treasures of Ancient Egypt between Popular Beliefs and Arab Mythology “ ( A study published in Folklore magazine ,book Autority , cairo 2010 ,pp. 83 - 112.
- Concepts of the Crusades in the Imagination of Saudi Histography: Reading and Interpretations. Umm Al-Qura University as a Model. In print. Germany 2025.
Academic awards and scholarships
- The Arab award for Cultural Creativity, Heritage and Historical Studies Branch (Arab Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization) (ALECSO) Tunisia 2014
- Ibn Battuta International Prize in Travel Literature 2009. Geographical Literature Studies Branch (London)
- Winner of the First Heritage Award from the Cultural Palaces Authority for studying the book (Futuh Misr Al-Mahrousa by Sidi Amr Ibn Al-Aas) Cairo 2016
- Winner of the first award of heritage editing from the Cultural Palaces Authority for studying the book “Futuh al-Bahnsa al-Gharbeyya at the Hands of the Companions and Martyrs” Cairo 2012
- First Republic Book Award 2012 (Egypt) for the book “The History of Egypt’s Public Revolutions”
- Winner of Dr. Suad Alsabah’s award for travel literature for the book “Travel Book, its most famous Figures“ Kuwait 2008