Samy Ayoub: Creative Destruction: Islamic Law, Courts, and Modernity in Egypt, 1800-1955

Samy Ayoub of the University of Texas gave a Kamel Center lecture on Feb. 19, 2026 titled “Creative Destruction: Islamic Law, Courts, and Modernity in Egypt, 1800-1955.”

The Abdallah S. Kamel Center for the Study of Islamic Law and Civilization at Yale Law School brings prominent scholars of Islam to the Yale campus for public lectures, seminar discussions, visiting fellowships, and visiting professorships.