Roles

Salimah Abdulajabar is one of the staff members at the department of 2 faculty of 13. He is working as a since 2007-10-09. He teaches several subjects in his major and has several puplications in the field of his interest.

Position: Professor of Philosophy and Comparative Religions - Faculty of Arts, University of Tripoli. And Associate Professor at the Academy of Graduate Studies.

- She obtained a BA in Philosophy and Sociology from the College of Education, Tripoli, 1980.

- She was appointed as a teaching assistant at the college in the Philosophy Department and obtained a postgraduate diploma in 1984.

- She obtained a Master’s degree in Philosophy from the College of Arts and Education for a thesis in the field of philosophy of religions entitled “Religion and Freedom” in 1988.

- She obtained a doctorate in philosophy from the College of Social Sciences for a thesis in the field of religions entitled “The Problem of Religion and Politics, 1993 AD.

- She rose through the academic ladder by teaching university and postgraduate studies in many Libyan universities and academies until she obtained the degree of (professor) in 2007.

She still practices university teaching and academic work to this day

—- She received an honorary doctorate from Columbia University in the United States of America in the field of volunteer humanitarian work in 2021.

Scientific and functional initiatives and tasks

She contributed, along with an elite group of women from the Arab world, to establishing the Arab Women’s Organization, which is one of the institutions of the League of Arab States, and served as a member of the organization’s executive council from 2003 to 2011.

- I was assigned the position of Secretary for Social Affairs at the General People’s Conference in the period 2000-2004 AD.

- She was assigned the position of Secretary of Women’s Affairs from January 2010.

She supervised the establishment of the Center for Religious Studies at the Academy of Graduate Studies and assumed its presidency during the period 2006 to 2012.

She supervised the establishment of a department for religious thought studies at the School of Human Sciences at the Libyan Academy for Postgraduate Studies and taught there for many years.

She supervised many master’s and doctoral theses at the University of Tripoli, the Libyan Academy for Postgraduate Studies, Janzour, Al-Zawiya University, Sebha University, Western Mountain University, Misrata University, and the College of Islamic Da’wah.

- I participated in discussing dozens of theses and dissertations in Libyan universities.

She contributed continuously by obtaining a master’s degree in cultural movement and giving scientific and educational lectures in cultural centers and institutions at home and abroad.

She published many specialized scientific researches in the field of philosophy, Islamic thought, comparative religion, and religious thinking, in addition to women’s issues, in many specialized scientific periodicals.

Careers

Secondary education teacher since 1982--1981

Principal of Bright Star Secondary School 1982——1983

Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Sociology, College of Education 1983–1988

Obtaining a master's degree in 1988

Faculty member in the Department of Philosophy, College of Education since 1989

Obtaining a doctorate in 1993 from the University of Tripoli

Secretary of Social Affairs at the Secretariat of the General People’s Conference since 2000-2004

Member of the Executive Council of the Arab Women’s Organization in the League of Arab States from 2002 to 2010

Secretary of the Center for Religious Studies at the Graduate Academy from 2005 to 2012

Research Interests

Philosophy and philosophical studies

religion comparison

Issues of religious thought and religious heritage

External Activities

For foreign participation in scientific conferences and seminars

1- Symposium on “Religion and the Civilizational Scramble” 1987 Malta - Islamic Center

2- Symposium on “The Reality of Women in the Islamic World,” Cairo - Islamic Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization.

3- Symposium on the Arab Civilizational Project, November 1993, University of Fez, Morocco.

4- Symposium on Democracy in the Arab World, April 1995, University of Khartoum - Sudan.

5- Symposium on the West and Islam, April 1997, Cadi Ayyash University, Marrakesh.

6- Democracy and Shura Symposium, May 1997, Al-Azhar University.

7- Symposium on the Arab Family and the Challenges of Globalization, April 1998, Tunisia - Arab Family Organization.

8- Symposium on Peace and Global Solidarity, August 1999, Institute of Mediterranean Studies - Malta.

9- Symposium on “Contemporary Arab Thought and Challenges,” October 2004, World Book Fair, Frankfurt, Germany.

10- Symposium on “The Political Image of Women, February 2005, Library of Alexandria.

11- “Political Islam” symposium, Hassan II University of Casablanca - Morocco, December 2006.

12- Symposium on “Mediterranean Women in Partnership and Development,” February 2007, in Malta - Center for Mediterranean Studies.

13- Symposium on “Salafi Thought and Cultural Development,” Al-Mutamid Ben Abbad University, Tangier, Morocco, August 2007, Asilah Festival activities.

14- “Religions” Conference, Doha, Qatar 2009.

In addition to many seminars inside about intellectual and cultural issues.

International conferences:

1- The 26th Conference of the Education, Culture and Science Area, UNESCO, Paris, October 1990.

2- International Conference on the Family, November 1999, Vienna - UNESCO.

3- International Conference of the African Parliament, September 2000, Angzla.

4- The United Nations General Assembly World Conference on “Women in the Twentieth Century,” New York, June 2000.

5- The First Arab Women’s Summit, Cairo, November 2000.

6- International Conference on Children, United Nations General Assembly, New York, 2002.

7- The Second Arab Women’s Summit, Amman, November 2002.

8- The Mozambique African Summit, June 2003.

9- The African Summit, Sudan, January 2006 / Gambia, Banjul 2007.

10- General Conference of the Arab Women’s Organization Bahrain, Manama, November 2006.

11- General Conference of the Arab Women Organization, Tunisia, Nunis, October 2010.

Research and studies

- Religion and Heritage - an article published in the People’s Heritage Magazine, Sunnah (17), Issue 2, Series (37), 1997.

- Islam and the West - a study presented at a symposium at Cadi Ayyad University - Marrakesh - Morocco in the period from April 25-27, 1997.

- Contemporary human issues, a research paper presented at a symposium at Al-Azhar University in Cairo in the period from May 23-26, 1997.

- Religion and Contemporary Society - a research paper published in the Journal of the College of Islamic Dawa, Issue No. 12, 1998.

- The reality of women in the Islamic world - a research paper presented at the symposium of the Islamic Region for Education, Culture and Science (ISESCO), Cairo, August 21, 1991.

- Western Christianity in the face of Islam - an article published in the Islamic Dawa Magazine, Issue 10, 1996.

- The falsity of the Jewish religious heritage - a research paper published in the Four Seasons Magazine, No. 48, June 11, 1991.

- Communication and the rupture between Islamic thought and the West - an article published in Al-Tawasul magazine, third year, issue 9, March 2006.

- Religion is not an intellectual or social phenomenon - an article published in Al-Tawasul magazine, third year, issue 10,

I submitted the following intellectual projects

1. The National Project for the Advancement of Women 2010——-2014

2. Community Dialogue Platforms for Peace and Development Project 2018———2020

3. The Road to Renaissance Project, foundations and mechanisms for 2018

4 Peaceful Coexistence Project in Libya 2019

5 The national reconciliation project in Libya, implications and content of 2022

Delivering many lectures in the following scientific institutions during the academic year 2022 and 2023

May 2022 A lecture at the Arabic Language Academy on the Cyrene School and the doctrine of Arian monotheism

June 2022 A lecture on scientific research methodology in the field of humanities in the cultural season, Academy of Graduate Studies

November 2022, a lecture at Sabratha University, Faculty of Arts, Gemayel, on the occasion of World Philosophy Day, about

The role of philosophy in confronting crises December 2022 A lecture at the Center for Social Studies on the value system in Libyan society

March 2023 A lecture on the forms of intellectual discourse and their role in the structure of the Libyan mind, Misrata University, Faculty of Arts

May 17, 2023 Lecture at the University of Tripoli on

The university and the industry of progress within the program of the Cultural Forum, University of Tripoli

A lecture at the Libyan Center for Historical Manuscripts on the religious and political dimension of the aggression against Gaza ((Reading in the books of the Torah)) on February 7, 2024