Dr. Mariam Sheibani is a globally recognized scholar, educator, and researcher. She is the
Founder and Director of Maʿruf Commons, a research and education organization that offers programs and resources for Muslim communities to advance intentional learning, spiritual formation, and ethical practice.

She is an Assistant Professor of Islamic Thought at Brandeis University. Dr. Sheibani holds a PhD in Islamic Thought from the University of Chicago and completed her postdoctoral training at Harvard Law School. Over the past two decades, she has studied classical religious sciences with Muslim scholars from Turkey, Syria, Jordan, North America, and West Africa.

Dr. Sheibani’s work offers paradigms and frameworks for coherently integrating religious commitment with lived experience. She empowers people to think through critical issues, co-construct solutions to shared challenges, and develop practical tools for cultivating a God-centered, meaningful spiritual life. Learn more at https://www.mariamsheibani.com and https://marufcommons.org.