Dr. Driss Bouyahya
Dr. Driss Bouyahya is an internationally respected scholar and Full Professor at the School of Arts & Humanities, Moulay Ismail University, Meknes, Morocco. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Islam and Political Communicationand has made significant contributions to the academic discourse on religion, society, and intercultural communication through his teaching, research, and publications.
Fields of Expertise
- Political Islam
- Religious Studies
- Sociology of Religion
- Intercultural Communication
- Cultural Studies
- Jewry Studies
- Literary Criticism
- Pedagogy
- Post-Colonial Studies
Publications (Selected Works)
Dr. Bouyahya is the author of numerous influential books and research works, including:
- Islam-Oriented Parties’ Ideologies and Political Communication in Quest for Power in Morocco (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015)
- Sufism & Religious Tourism (2017)
- Islamist Movements in Morocco & their Typology, Is Islam as an Ideology? How & Why? (2014)
- Al-Farabi’s Dualism in his Writings and Language (2019)
- The Culinary and Clash of Civilizations (2020)
- The Notion of Space within Diverse Fields of Cognizance (2021)
- Islam: Thoughts, Paradigms & Civilizations (2023)
- Nudging Critical Thinking in Tertiary Education (2024)
Academic Leadership
Dr. Bouyahya serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Sociology of Islam (Brill), a leading academic journal that explores contemporary issues in the sociology of religion.