Mithat Eser was born in Konya in 1975. After graduating from Konya Imam Hatip High School, he graduated from Selçuk University Faculty of Theology in 1998. He completed his master's degree in Islamic history at the same university with a thesis titled "The Position of the Companions in the Era of the Prophet from a Human Perspective," and his doctorate with a thesis titled "The Religious, Social, and Cultural Positions of Sayyids and Sharifs in the Early Abbasid Period." He worked as a preacher at the Aksaray Provincial Mufti's Office of the Directorate of Religious Affairs for 10 years. From 2010-2013, he served as a faculty member at Muş Alparslan University, and from 2013-2018 at Pamukkale University Faculty of Theology. His research interests include Disabled Companions, Sayyids and Sharifs in the Early Abbasid Period, and the life of Talha b. Eser, who has six books titled Ubeydullah, Female Companions Participating in the Battles, Ibn Ishaq, and Masudi, currently serves as a faculty member in the Department of Islamic History at Selçuk University Faculty of Theology.
Lucia Avallone is an associate professor at the University of Bergamo, where she teaches Arabic. She graduated from the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy at the University of Turin (1989) and received a PhD in "Near Eastern and Maghreb Studies. Cultural Specificities and Intercultural Relations" from the University of Naples 'L'Orientale' (2011). She has also held a contract professorship at the universities of Turin and Enna.
She holds the National Scientific Qualification for the role of Full Professor in the competitive sector 10/N1, Cultures of the Ancient Near East, the Middle East, and Africa. Validity of qualification: July 8, 2024-July 8, 2035.
She conducts study and research in the field of modern and contemporary Arabic language and literature. A member of the Executive Board of AIMA (International Association for the Study of Middle and Mixed Arabic), she studies linguistic variation, with a special focus on code switching and code mixing between standard and vernacular varieties in writing and speaking, as well as contact with European languages. Her research interests include the analysis of political discourse and Arabic language teaching.
She is the advisor for the Master's Degree in Modern Languages for International Communication and Cooperation (LM-38).
She is a member of the PhD program in Philological and Linguistic Studies on Written and Oral Heritage (University of Bergamo) and the PhD program in Linguistic Sciences (Universities of Bergamo and Pavia).
Osman Aydınlı graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Theology in 1991. He completed his Master's (1994) and Doctorate (2001) studies at the same university. He became an Associate Professor in 2018 and a Professor in 2024. Between 2011 and 2024, he worked as a faculty member in the Department of Islamic History at Marmara University Faculty of Theology. Since 2025, he has been working as a faculty member in the same department at Pamukkale University Faculty of Theology. In the meantime, he worked as an educator and administrator in private educational institutions for 11 years (2000-2011), as a faculty member at Near East University in Northern Cyprus for 1 year (2014), and as a faculty member and administrator at Baku State University Faculty of Theology in Azerbaijan for 2 years (2015-2017). His works and publications cover a wide range of fields, primarily focusing on Samarkand, including urban history, the history of Transoxiana, the history of the Tahirids, Samanids, and Karakhanids, the history of Andalusia, the Prophet's biography (Siyer), and the history of the Rashidun Caliphs.