Tunisian researcher, professor of Arab-Islamic civilization at the Tunisian University, Higher Institute of Human Sciences – Tunis El Manar), interested in reading heritage and the problems of modernization. Her published books include: “On Coalition and Difference: The Duality of the Prevailing and the Marginalized in Arab-Islamic Thought” (2010); “Excavations in Khaldunian Discourse: Salafi Origins and the Illusion of Arab Modernity” (2008); “External Islam” (in the series Islam, One and Multiple) (2006). She has numerous contributions to specialized collective works, and articles published in scientific journals.