Dr. iur. Naseef Naeem – CURRICULUM VITAE I.

Actual Profession since November 2013 German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) – Advisor to the Transitional Process in Yemen

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Scientific Jobs Visiting researcher at the Courant Research Center (Education and Religion), University of Gottingen, 04.06.-15.08.2013 Senior Research Fellow (Ass. Professor) at the Seminar for Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Gottingen, financed from the German Research Foundation (DFG), 01.08.2009-28.02.2013 Senior Research Fellow at Max-Planck-Institute for Public and International Law (Sudan-Team), Heidelberg, 16.04.2009-31.07.2009 Junior Research Assistant at the Law Faculty, University of Damascus, Department: Public Law, Field of Teaching: Constitutional Law and Political Systems, 2001-2002

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Teaching Activities 1. Lectures at the University of Gottingen 31st May 2010 (repeated on 29th May 2012), Integration of Islamic norms into the constitutions of Iraq and Egypt Winter semester 2009-2010, Methods of internet-search for topics of Arabic and Islamic studies as well as law in the Arabic language 2. Seminars University of Gottingen, Seminar for Arabic and Islamic Studies Winter semester 2011-2012, The legal situation in Arab States: Development or stagnation after the Arab Spring? Summer semester 2010, Iraq: A constitutional and political process without end? Summer semester 2009, Religious aspects in the constitutions of the Arab States: definition, analysis and influence Free University of Berlin Summer semester 2012, Islam and law in Germany: intercultural challenges Summer semester 2011, Constitution, law and state in Islamic context Summer semester 2010, Current constitutional problems of Islamic states 1

 

Winter semester 2009-2010, The relevance of Sharia in Western countries Summer semester 2009, The system of fundamental rights in constitutions of Islamic countries Winter semester 2008-2009, The organization of the state in Islamic countries: More democracy for more stability in the Middle East? 3. Supervised Works The fundamental rights in the Association Agreement between EU and Syria Evaluation of three Iraqi NGOs on the basis of their websites Political ideas of Egyptian bloggers about new Egypt after Mubarak Revolt or revolution? An analysis of the development from the national uprising to enactment of transitional constitution in Egypt IV.

Further Jobs 1. Responsible Positions Co-director of Middle East expert group zenithCouncil for research and consulting http://www.zenithonline.de/deutsch/zenith-council/ Member of managing Board of the Association for Arabic and Islamic Law (GAIR), Germany - Leipzig, responsible for the secretariat, first election October 2011 Founding member of the Berlin judiciary working Group for State and Islam in Germany (BASID), 2010-2013 2. Training for the Judiciary Training for German Judges, Topic: Judiciary and Islam, Examination office of the states Berlin and Brandenburg, 17th December 2012 Training of the correctional staff, Topic: intercultural competence: Handling of the Muslim prisoners, 28th February 2012 3. Evaluation and Working as Appraiser Appraiser for the European Center for Kurdish studies (EZKS), Topic: decentralized administration in Syria, Berlin, March-June 2013 “The hot chair”, German Islam conference for young people, German Ministry of Interior, 9th March 2013

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Hearing at the Berlin House of Representatives (commission for labour, migration), Topic: Islamic peace arbitrator, (with a written statement), 31st May 2012, http://www.parlament-berlin.de/ados/17/ArbIntFrau/protokoll/aif17-009-wp.pdf Court appraiser in Germany for the law in Arab States, Topic one of the case: Right of custody, contact and access (child) in sheikdom Sharjah (United Arab Emirates), 2011-2012 4. Advocate in Syria Training for advocate at the Syrian bar association, Homs, 1997-1999, final examination: lawyer’s license, Topic of final thesis: international humanitarian Law Practice as an advocate, Homs, 1999-2002 V.

Tertiary Education and Scientific Qualifications 1. In Germany Conferring of admission for the project of Higher Doctorate (Habilitation) from the Council of Law Faculty, University of Gottingen, 1st December 2010 Project for Higher Doctorate (Habilitation), Law Faculty, University of Gottingen, Topic: Main features of the state design of Arab Republics in comparison: Contextualization modern constitutional development from Iraq to Sudan until the era of Arab Spring, since 2009 (delivery: Expected Spring 2014) Ph.D. study, Law Faculty, University of Hannover, 2002-2007, Topic: The new federal system in Iraq: Legal comparative research, Certificate: Doctor of Law Sciences, Degree: cum laude (Good), 20th June 2007 2. In Syria Diploma of financial and administrative sciences & Master in public law, Law Faculty, University of Damascus, Degree: Very Good, 1998-1999, Topic: Inheritance tax in Syria Diploma of public law, Law Faculty, University of Damascus, Degree: Good, 19961998, Topic: The basis of administrative law: A comparison between the French origin and the socialist modernity Bachelor of law, Law Faculty, University of Aleppo, Degree: Good, 1992-1996

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Publications (German in general, Indication to other Languages) 1. Monographs The new federal system of Iraq: A legal comparative study, Frankfurt a. M., Peter Lang Publisher, 2008

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In Arabic Language International Humanitarian Law: An analytical study of Geneva conventions 1949 and two additional protocols I & II 1977, Syria, Bar Association of Homs, 1999 Inheritance tax in Syria after the reform through the law from July 1998, Law Faculty, University of Damascus, Department of higher studies, 1999 The basis of administrative law: A comparison between the French origin and the socialist modernity, Law Faculty, University of Damascus, Department of higher studies, 1997 2. Editing Scientific Series: States Law in Islamic cultural area, Nomos Publisher, Baden-Baden (with Prof. Dr. Dr. Peter Scholz), Since 2011 Law Journal: Yearbook for Constitution, Law and State in Islamic Context, Nomos Publisher, Baden-Baden (with Prof. Dr. Dr. Peter Scholz): - Volume 1, 2011 (This volume is translated Arabic language and published at the website of the German Orient Foundation in Berlin: http://www.deutschesorient-institut.de), Topics: • Conception of the yearbook • Rule of Law in states with Islamic character (Iraq and Iran as examples) • Somalia and the transitional constitution from 2004 • Human Rights and Rule of Law in the Zanzibar constitution (English) • Reorganization Bahrain as monarchy • The Iranian people between intention to reform and helplessness - Volume 2, 2013 (with Prof. Dr. Christine Langenfeld and Prof. Dr. Jens Scheiner), Topics: • Multidisciplinary and legal research in Islamic context • Private sphere in Islamic fiqh • The problem of headscarf and law making in German states (Bundesländer) • The debate of headscarf in Turkey • The honor killing in German case law • The debate about building of minarets • Islamic funeral and the German funeral law • Childbirth out of wedlock in Morocco (English) • Fundamental Rights in the relationship between EU and Syria 3. Articles “Outlawed: What does Al-Azhar really say about Alawites?”, in: Zenith, Sept. 2013, http://www.zenithonline.de/deutsch/reise//artikel/zum-abschuss-freigegeben-003816/ 4  

“Constitutional law and legal reality in Syria”, in: Between Turmoil, Change and Renewal, Stefan Schreiner ed., European Abrahamic Forum, Zürich, 2013, pp. 35 - 43 (English) “The new Islamic constitution of Egypt: Yes, but?”, in: Zenith, 15th January 2013, http://www.zenithonline.de/deutsch/gesellschaft//artikel/ja-aber-003543/ “Law and legal reality in Syria between functionality and need of reform” in: Informationsprojekt Naher und Mittlerer Osten (inamo), Volume 18, Nr. 72, winter 2012, pp. 66 - 70. “Constitutional decrees of the Egyptian president: Coup De Grace for the rule of law” in: Zenith, 27th November 2012, http://www.zenithonline.de/deutsch/politik//artikel/gnadenschuss-fuer-den-rechtsstaat003484/ “Only the Europeans can negotiate in Syria”, in: Financial Times Deutschland, 20th September 2012, (German, Arabic, English), http://en.qantara.de/Only-theEuropeans-Can-Negotiate-Now/19946c497/index.html “From the resignation of the president to enacting of the constitutional declaration for the interim period: A report about Egypt’s to constitutionalism after Mubarak”, in: Jahrbuch des öffentlichen Rechts (JöR), Volume 60, 2012, pp. 643 - 660 “Constitutional system on the brink: Does the Egyptian justice violate the art of jurisprudence?”, in: Zenith, 27th June 2012 http://www.zenithonline.de/deutsch/politik//artikel/wie-die-agyptische-justiz-diekunst-der-rechtswissenschaft-missachtet-003034/ “Comparison of rule of law aspects in constitutions of Islamic states using examples of Iraq and Iran” (coauthor Prof. Dr. Dr. Peter Scholz), in: Yearbook for Constitution, Law and State in Islamic Context, Volume 1, Scholz/Naeem ed., Nomos Publisher, Baden-Baden, 2011, pp. 41 - 101  

“Introduction to the concept of Yearbook for Constitution, Law and State in Islamic Context” (coauthor Prof. Dr. Dr. Peter Scholz), in: Yearbook for Constitution, Law and State in Islamic Context, Volume 1, Scholz/Naeem ed., Nomos Publisher, BadenBaden, 2011, pp. 11 - 24 “The role of religion in the substance of Islamic state and the freedom state of the German Basic Law”, in: Deutsche Richterzeitung (DRiZ), 07-08/2010, pp. 234 – 238 “The federal system of the United Arab Emirates: A constitutional analysis with help of the federal criteria of German Basic Law”, in: Jahrbuch des Öffentlichen Rechts (JöR), Volume 58, 2010, pp. 633 - 684 “Normative pluralism and the main dilemma of equality in the constitutional systems in states of Islamic character: theoretical aspects”, in: We all are minorities – a Plea for pluralism, Stefan Schreiner ed., European Abrahamic Forum, Zürich, 2010, pp. 65 - 80 (English) 5  

“Between limitation and new development: The fundamental right of heterosexual self-determination in constitutional systems of Arab states”, in: Islam and Human Rights, Hatem Elliesie ed., Peter Lang Publisher, Frankfurt a. M., 2010, pp. 257 - 280. “A combined roof: A confederation – a possible solution for the Middle East conflict”, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), Staat und Recht, Nr. 36, 12th Febr. 2009, http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/staat-und-recht/aus-der-wissenschaft-gemeinsamesdach-1771452.html „The relationship between legality and legitimacy in Islamic states: A comment to the theses of Abdullahi an-Na’im”, in: Newsletter of the GAIR, Nr.1, September 2009, pp. 36 - 37, http://www.gair.de/wpcontent/uploads/2011/08/GAIR_Mitteilungen_2009.pdf “Iraq’s constitution and federal structure: Heading for stagnation”, in: www.qantara.de, 2009, (German, Arabic, and English), http://en.qantara.de/Heading-for-Stagnation/6799c6868i1p450/ “Law making in Dubai and the constitution of the United Arab Emirates: Gray areas of competences division”, in: Dubai: A city on nothing, Elisabeth Blum ed., Basel, Birkhäuser Publisher, 2009, pp. 74 - 83 “The influence of religious clauses on constitutional law in countries with an Islamic character”, in: Islam and Rule of Law between Sharia and Secularization, Birgit Krawietz ed., Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, Sankt Augustin, 2008, pp. 71 - 79 (German, English), http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_13008-544-2-30.pdf “Jordanian regionalism in view of implementation the regionalism in Spain”, in: Website of (GAIR), 2008, (Arabic), http://www.gair.de/pdf/publikationen/Naeem_Regionalismus.pdf “The federal principle in the Iraqi constitution of 15.10.2005 and the Law of Forming the Regions from 11.10.2006”, in: Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America (VRÜ), Volume 41, 2/2008, pp. 221 – 254 “An overview on the Rule of Law in the constitution of Afghanistan: Critical observation in view of the Rule of Law in German Basic Law”, in: Journal of information about Afghanistan (SIIBA), Collegiate Initiative ed., Hamburg, Nr. 2, April 2008, pp. 7 - 21, Website of (GAIR), http://www.gair.de/pdf/publikationen/Naeem_Rechtsstaatsprinzip.pdf “Constitutional criticism on the federal system of Iraq according to Iraqi provisional constitution of 08.03.2004 and the Iraqi constitution of 15.10.2005”, in: Islamic Law V, Schneider, Irene ed., Frankfurt a. M., Peter Lang Publisher, 2006, pp. 47 - 83 4. Book Review Federalism in Iraq: Postwar order in controversial discussion, Leyla Özden, Frankfurt a. M., Peter Lang Publisher, 2009, in: Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (ZDMG), Volume 163, 1/2013, pp. 256 - 258. 6  

5. Unpublished Researches Paper to Max-Planck-Institute, Heidelberg, Topic: The Regulation and Meaning of Concurrent Powers in the Interim National Constitution 2005 of Sudan (INC), 2009 VII.

Academic Engagement

1. Chairman of Panels Organization and Chairman of the Panel: Balance of powers in the constitutional framework of states with Islamic character: Monarchal and republican concepts in comparison, Third World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES3), Barcelona, 19th -24th July 2010 2. Organization of Conferences Islamic law in theory and practice: Pakistan and England, (with Prof. Dr. Irene Schneider), Lichtenberg-Kolleg, Historische Sternwarte, University of Gottingen, 10th November 2010 3. Lectures, public discussions statements At the conference of Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation: Islam and Democracy, Topic: Der Islam at the democratic Rule of Law, Köln, 11th-14th July 2013 Panel discussion, Topic: The holy scripture (Koran) and the constitution, zenithDebate at Humboldt-Viadrina School of Governance, 27th June 2013 At the conference: Islamic gender discourse and legal thought, Topic: Islamic references in the new Egyptian constitution and the Khul’-Law, Gottingen, 23rd May 2013 At the festival: contre le racisme, Passau, Topic: The concept of fundamental rights in the new constitution of Egypt: Progression or stagnation?, 08th-12th May 2013 Panel discussion, Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation, Place: Representation of Saarland in Berlin, Topic: The Syrian humanitarian disaster – Scenarios for development and end of the civil war, 25th February 2013 Panel discussion, Museum of ethnology, Dresden, Topic: What’s next in Syria?, 24th January 2013 The consultation of European Abrahamic Forum (EAF) and Konrad-AdenauerFoundation, Topic: Between turmoil, change, and renewal: Religion and its role in reshaping societies in transition in the Arab Islamic World, Rabat, September 2012 At Bucerius Law School – Law faculty, Hamburg, Topic: Egypt, Tunisia, Syria – New state design in the Arab world?, 3rd May 2012 At the University of Gottingen, Topic: Constitution and state in progression: Tunisia, Egypt and Syria in comparison, 26th April 2012 7  

Panel discussion zenithDebate at the Middle East cultural week in Hamburg, Topic: Religious freedom? Fear of an Arab winter, 12th April 2012 At the University of the German Army, Munich, Topic: Constitution and state in the Arab world: Between development and stagnation, 14th February 2012 Panel discussion of the democratic action of the student association on topic of Arabellion, University of Gottingen, 2nd February 2012 At the conference organized by the Ministry of Justice in Bavaria: Church and law, Topic: The role of religion in the Islamic state and the German Basic Law, The academy of German Judge, Wustrau, 05th – 10th November 2011 Panel discussion and Lecture by Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation/Bildungswerk, Hamburg, Topic: The Arab spring: current situation in the Middle East, Hamburg, 27th October 2011 At the international conference: In the Aftermath of Changes: problems and future of Euro-Mediterranean relations, Amman, July 2011, Topic: Problems and future of integration of Muslims in Europe: European-Muslim perspective Preparatory session for the international conference of the European Abrahamic Forum (EAF), Zurich May 2011 At the conference: legal and fiscal general frameworks for business activities in the Middle East, HypoVereinsbank, Munich, 30th June 2011, Topic: General legal developments after the Arab Spring Workshop and panel discussion (law & integration): Islamic Judge of peace (The Arbitrator): Help or challenge to the rule of law?, House of representative of Berlin, 30th March 2011 Visiting lecture at the Orient Institute in Leipzig: Iraqi constitution and the endless reform process, Leipzig 25th January 2011 Member of the Legal Cultures Dialogue (Germany & Iran), Second Summit, September 2010, Tehran, Qum and Isfahan. (first summit, Gottingen, December 2009; third summit, Gottingen, September 2011; fourth summit, Tehran, November 2012, fifth summit, Hamburg, Gottingen, Berlin September 2013) Meeting for the Organization of the international conference of the European Abrahamic Forum (EAF), Zürich, May 2010 At the Law Faculty, University of Gottingen, Topic: The situation of constitutional law in the Arab League countries: Theory, reality and development prospects, 02nd February 2010 At the conference: Transfer in Dispute: Controversial representations of cultural Borrowings in Asia, the Arab World, and Europe, Berlin, November 2009, Topic: Parliamentarianism in the New Iraqi Constitution: integration or disintegration through transfer? 8  

At the international conference: We All are Minorities – a Plea for Pluralism, Amman, November 2009, Topic: Pluralistic society and civil state (ad-daula al-madaniyya): From the perspective of Islamic law Two statements at the conference for organization of the international conference of European Abrahamic Forum (EAF), Zürich, 06th -07th April 2009: 1. statement: The concept of pluralism in the constitutions of Islamic states 2. statement: The constitutional concept of Islamic freedom of religion and its influence on other religions in the Islamic states At the international workshop: Sports in Africa and Asia between identity politics, body cultures and secular ritual, November 2008, Center of the Modern Orient (ZMO), Berlin, Topic: Sport as an integrative constitutional force in the Islamic world: The constitutions of Iraq, Afghanistan and Sudan in comparison Statement at the international conference of Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation: Islam and Rule of Law between Sharia and Secularization, Berlin, 06th Sept. 2007, Topic: The influence of religious clauses on constitutional law in countries with Islamic character At the labour jurists group of the Social Democratic Party Germany (ASJ), Berlin, 13th September 2006, Topic: The new Iraqi constitution – a good basis for economic wealth and democracy? 4. Scientific Societies and associations Lecture at the annual conference of the Research Group for Overseas Comparative Constitutional Law, Berlin, 05-07th July 2013, Topic: Egypt: Drafting of a constitution in case of power struggle between judiciary and president Lecture at the annual conference of the Research Group for Overseas Comparative Constitutional Law, Erfurt, 1st -3rd July 2011, Topic: Constitutional development in Egypt after Mubarak Member of the Salzburg Global Seminar, Session 475: Islamic Law and International Law: Searching for Common Ground, Salzburg, 14th – 19th November 2010 Lecture at the annual conference of the Research Group for Overseas Comparative Constitutional Law, Kassel, June 2009, Topic: The limitation of pluralism in Islamic states: A constitutional consideration Lecture at the annual conference of the Association for Arabic and Islamic law (with Prof. Dr. Dr. Peter Scholz), Cologne, December 2008, Topic: The aspects of rule of law in the Iraqi and Iranian constitution: A crucial view Lecture at the annual conference of German Middle East Studies Association for Contemporary Research and Documentation (DAVO), Erfurt, 2nd – 4th October 2008, Topic: The United Arab Emirates from a constitutional viewpoint: Cooperative federal system or unitary federal state with double centralized levels

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Lecture at the annual conference of the Research Group for Overseas Comparative Constitutional Law, Lübeck, 27th -29th June 2008, Topic: Reform of the Iraqi constitution: Fields of Problems, Compromises, Stagnation? Lecture at the 30. German Orientalist Congress (DOT), Freiburg, September 2007, Topic: On the situation of constitutional law in countries of the Arab League: Theory, reality and development prospects Lecture at the annual conference of German Middle East Studies Association for Contemporary Research and Documentation (DAVO), Hamburg, 30th Nov. – 2nd Dec. 2006, Topic: The principle of federal state in the Iraqi constitution and the law to formation of regions from 11.10.2006 Lecture at the Second World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES2), Amman, 11.-16.06.2006, Topic: The Federal System in the New Iraqi Constitution Lecture at the annual conference of German Middle East Studies Association for Contemporary Research and Documentation (DAVO), Hamburg, October 2005, Topic: Constitutional criticism on the suggested construction of Iraqi federalism according to the provisional constitution from march 2004 to the permanent constitution of october 2005 Lecture at the annual conference of the Research Group for Overseas Comparative Constitutional Law, Mainz, June 2005, Topic: The compatibility of the Iraqi election system with the principles of Iraqi federalism Lecture at the annual conference of the Research Group for Overseas Comparative Constitutional Law, Gottingen, July 2004, Topic: The federal aspects of the Iraqi provisional constitution VIII. Media Samples from broadcasted discussions for zenithCouncil on the military coup in Egypt and civil war in Syria, http://www.zenithonline.de/deutsch/zenith-council/ Live discussion in Deutschlandfunk in cooperation with zenith Magazine at the “House of Cultures of the World”, Berlin, Topic: From the fall of the Berlin wall to the Arab world: reconciliation in post-dictatorial societies, 12 December 2012 Media interviews in Germany: a. RBB-Radio, Berlin, Arabic branch b. Okaz: The journal from Saudi Arabia c. Funk-Blogs: reboot.fm, Berlin d. FFN-Radio, Hannover e. zenith Magazine and zenithOnline f. Deutsche Welle g. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger Last update: Berlin, 1st January 2014 10