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As the Muslim Universities (e.g. Muslim University of Morogoro, Islamic University in Uganda and International University of Africa) in East Africa were founded during recent years, they have not yet been the subject of scholarly attention. Accordingly, my chapter is based on information collected during field-work in the region. In March and April 2008, I conducted field research in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum at the campus of the International University of Africa (IUA). I conducted interviews with university students, as well as with members of both the teaching and the administrative staff. I also obtained information during informal discussions with several representatives of the university, including Professor Sammānī, the president of the university; Professor S. Khuraiz, the director of the Centre for Postgraduate Studies; and Professor H. Makkī, the director of the Centre for African Studies. Furthermore, I talked to the students on a daily basis so that I could understand their experiences in more detail. Much of the valuable information collected for this analysis was a result of these informal discussions.
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Ahmed, C. (2016). Muslim Universities in East Africa: Negotiating Cultural Identity and Political Challenges. In: Lo, M., Haron, M. (eds) Muslim Institutions of Higher Education in Postcolonial Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137552310_12
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