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STUDIES AND PAPERS (Only those written in English)

• ‘Philoponus in the Arabic Tradition of Aristotle's Physics’, Thesis submitted to the University of Oxford for the Degree of the Doctor of Philosophy, Trinity Term, Oxford, 1992.
• ‘The Arabic Edition of Aristotle's Physics, Book IV, Part Seven: An Annotated Translation’, Dissertation Submitted to the University of Oxford for the degree of the Master of Philosophy, Trinity Term, Oxford, 1986.
• ‘Ummah. Aspects of the Concept of ummah in its Formative Period’, Dissertation submitted to the University of Birmingham for the Master of Arts in Arabic and Islamic Studies, Birmingham, 1981.
• ‘Moses in the Qur’an’, Dissertation submitted to the University of Birmingham for the Certificate in Islamic Studies, Birmingham, July 1980.
• ‘The Concept of Ummah’, Graeco-Arabica, Vol. 2, Proceedings of the First International Congress on Greek and Arabic Studies, Athens 1983.
• ‘The Structure of Abū 'l-Ḥusayn al-Baṣrī's Copy of Aristotle's Physics’, Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Arabisch-Islamischen Wissenschaften 8 (1993), pp. 250–258.
• ‘Fragments from Alexander's Lost Commentary on Aristotle's Physics’, Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Arabisch-Islamischen Wissenschaften 10 (1995/6), pp. 157-188.
• ‘Yaḥyā b. ʽAdī against John Philoponus on Place and Void’, Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Arabisch-Islamischen Wissenschaften 12 (1998), pp. 245-302.
• ‘The Quotations from John Philoponus' De Aeternitate Mundi contra Proclum in al-Bīrūnī's India’, Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Arabisch-Islamischen Wissenschaften 15 (2003), pp. 185-195.
• ‘Anaxagoras in the Baghdad Physics’, Proceedings of the Conference ‘In the Age of al-Farabi: Islamic Thought in the 4th /10th Century, held in London, June 15-17, 2006, edited by P. Adamson in the Series: Warburg Institute Colloquia 12, London-Turin 2008 (pp. 35-50).
• ‘Arabic Philoponus, The, (Sources, Life, Works, Thought and Influence)’, in Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy: Philosophy Between 500 and 1500, editor-in-Chief H. Lagerlund, Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York: Springer-Verlag GmbH, 2011 (pp. 975-978).
• ‘The Romans as Viewed by Arabic Authors in the 9th and 10th Centuries A.D.’, Conference Proceedings ICHSS 2012, 2nd International Conference on Human and Social Sciences, Tirana, Albania, March 23-24, 2012, Volume No. 8. Rome: MCSER Publishing 2012 (pp. 41-47).
• ‘A Summary of Proclus’ Lost First Argument on the Eternity of the World in al-Shahrastānī’s Works’, in:World Congress Proceedings, Philosophy as Inquiry and Way of Life, Athens 04-10 August 2013,Vol. 17, Islamic Philosophy, 2013.
• ‘Proclus’ Arguments on the Eternity of the World in al-Shahrastānī’s Works’, in Proclus and His Legacy, edited by David D. Butorac & Danielle A. Layne, Millennium Studies 65, Berlin – Boston: Walter de Gruyter 2017 (pp. 335-351).
• ‘Miskawayh‘s account on friendship and its relation to Aristotle’s Ethics’ Proceedings of World Congress “Aristotle 2400 Years”, 23-28 May 2016, edited by Demetra Sfendoni-Mentzou, Aristotle University of Thesaloniki, Interdisciplinary Centre for Aristotle Studies, Thessaloniki 2019 (pp. 643-649).
• ‘Al-Rāzī’s work on ‘The Philosophical Life’ and the Greek Philosophical Tradition’, in The possibility of Eudaimonia (Happiness and Human Flourishing) in the World Today. Papers presented at the 31st International Conference of Philosophy, Athens, 12-15 July, 2019, edited by K. Boudouris, Athens, International Center of Greek Philosophy and Culture, 2020, 107-115. [ISBN 978-618-5492-01-4]