Catarina Belo

Catarina Belo is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the American University in Cairo. She studied philosophy, Arabic and Islamic studies in Lisbon, London and Oxford. She is a specialist in medieval Islamic philosophy, in particular Alfarabi, Avcenna, and Averroes. Other research interests include medieval Islamic theology and medieval Christian philosophy, especially Aquinas. She has also conducted research on German Idealism, in particular Hegelʹs philosophy. Her translations from Arabic into Portuguese have received an Achievement Award at the 2019 Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation in Doha.