Prof. Aref Abu-Rabia, is a native Palestinian Anthropologist. He has received his PhD in Anthropology at Tel Aviv University. He is emeritus, Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
His research has included Anthropology, Middle East Studies and Public Health. His main publications are on traditional medicine, family customs, holy saints, education, violence & abuse of children; cosmopolitanism, Sufism, Islamic medical law and ethics.
His current research is: Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the Middle East, and North Africa.
Based on this research and fellowship training he has received several awards and honors, such as: The Berelson Prize for Understanding and Co-Existence in Israel and Palestine, and Fulbright Scholar for the Muslim World (USA); Greenberg Middle East Scholar, Residency at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY.
In 2016-2017: Visiting Professor: Research Centre for Anthropology and Health/ Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal.
In October 1, 2018: Professor emeritus.
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