After a national search, Faris Al-Ahmad has been hired as Lecturer in Arabic. Al-Ahmad is currently teaching Arabic at Princeton and has previously taught Arabic at Columbia University and at Hunter College. Al-Ahmad earned his B.A. in Arabic-English Translation from the University of Damascus and an M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies from The CUNY Graduate Center in 2010. His current research interests concern exploring and comparing the works of certain contemporary Sunni Muslim scholars that call for a comprehensive renewal of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence).