Fadi Zatari is an Assistant Professor of political science and international relations at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim university and a Research Fellow at the Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA) since September 2021. He was a lecturer in political science and IR and a research associate at CIGA from 2017 to 2021 at the same university. Dr. Zatari received his education in Palestine, Germany, and Turkey. In 2021, he received his Ph.D. in Civilization Studies: political science from the Alliance of Civilizations Institute of Ibn Khaldun University, Turkey. His thesis is entitled “The Construction of a Theory of Civilization Through the Works of al Māwardī.” In 2006, he gained his BA degree in political science from al-Quds University in Jerusalem. In 2009 he received his first Masters degree in International Studies from the Birzeit University, and in 2013 his second Masters degree in Political Theory from the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany. His academic publications appeared in the Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Insight Turkey, and Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization. Besides his native Arabic language, he is fluent in German, English, and Turkish. His research interests are Ethics and Politics, Political Theory, Civilization Studies, Theory of Civilization, Islamic Thought, Classical Muslim thoughts, and Palestinian-Israeli conflict.