Shams Inati

Phildelphia, Pennsylvania United States

Scholar, poet, and professor

Education

A well-recognized human rights advocate and songwriter, Shams Inati has taught at Villanova University as Professor of Islamic Philosophy and Theology for more than a decade. Her particular areas of research interests include metaphysics, the medieval Persian polymath Ibn Sina (Avicenna), and the concept of evil. In addition to numerous scholarly papers and articles, Shams Inati has authored eight books, including Remarks and Admonitions, Part One: Logic. She has recently completed the final draft of the second and third parts of Ibn Sina’s Remarks and Admonitions series, which will be published by Columbia University Press.