Before joining the Middle East Institute, Murtaza completed graduate and post-graduate studies specializing in Islamic history at Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah in Surat, India. He also holds a BA from the Faculty of Arabic Language from Al-Azhar University in Cairo. Murtaza is passionate about Islamic architectural history of North Africa and the Middle East, especially Cairo, as well as contextually analyzing historical artifacts and manuscripts, particularly related to the Fatimid era. After completing the MA program at MEI, he intends to continue to learn new contemporary perspectives and scholarly viewpoints regarding the interpretations of Islamic history and literature, both textual and artistic, and reflect on them from different vantage points.

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