Amalia Levanoni | |
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עמליה לבנוני | |
Born | Basra, Iraq | June 22, 1944
Occupation(s) | Historian, professor |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Haifa Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Doctoral advisor | Nehemia Levtzion |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Haifa |
Amalia Levanoni (Hebrew: עמליה לבנוני; born June 22, 1944) is an Israeli historian and professor emeritus in the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of Haifa.[1] She specializes in the history of Mamluks and the Mamluk Sultanate.
She was born in Basra, Iraq. She immigrated with her family in 1951 and has lived in Haifa since 1959. She studied at the University of Haifa and then at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for her doctorate degree, which she received in 1990 in Islamic history. Her advisor was Nehemia Levtzion.