Amany Burhanuddin Umar Lubis (born December 22, 1963) is an Indonesian Muslim, female scholar of Mandailing-Egyptian descent. As an Islamic scholar, Amany was appointed as chairperson of the Indonesian Ulema Council for Women, Youth and Families for the 2015–2020 period. On January 7, 2019, she was appointed as rector of the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta by the minister of religion affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, Lukman Hakim Saifuddin. Her new position made her as the first woman who served as chancellor of the largest Islamic university in Indonesia, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta.
Biography
Early life
Amany Lubis with her mother, Nabilah Lubis, while participating in the International Muslim Women Union (IMWU) Conference on February 7–10, 2016 in Khartoum, Sudan.
Amany Lubis was born as the first child of four siblings. Her father was a man from Medan with MandailingBatak blood named Burhanuddin Umar Lubis, while her mother was an Egyptian woman named Nabilah ‘Abdel Fattah. After marrying her father, her mother then added the name "Lubis" behind her name to be Nabilah Lubis.[2]
Amany was born and grew up from an academic family environment. Her father, Burhanuddin, was a graduate of University of Baghdad in the 1960s. Whereas her mother, Nabilah, was a graduate of University of Cairo majoring in Library and Achievement, Nabilah then continued her master and doctoral studies at the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic Institute in Jakarta (IAIN Jakarta, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta in present day) in the field of Islamic studies (postgraduate program) and philology (doctoral program). Nabilah was the first female doctorate at IAIN Jakarta in 1992. After becoming a doctor, two years later Prof. Quraish Shihab, as chancellor of IAIN Jakarta, then appointed her as Dean of the Faculty of Adab and Humanities.[3]
Admin4 (9 January 2019). "Mengenal Amany Lubis, Rektor Perempuan Pertama UIN Jakarta" [Get to Know Amany Lubis, First Women Rector of UIN Jakarta]. Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta official website (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 10 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Admin6 (8 January 2019). "Rektor Amany Lubis Ajak Sivitas Akademika Bersatu Majukan UIN Jakarta" [Chancellor Amany Lubis Invites Academics to Unite to Promote UIN Jakarta]. Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta official website (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 10 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Admin1 (17 March 2016). "Profesor UIN: Perempuan Jangan Jadi Subordinat" [Professor UIN: Women Don't Become Subordinates]. Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta official website (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 10 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Masrur, Muhammad (7 November 2018). "Prof. Dr. Nabilah Lubis: Perintis Kajian Filologi di IAIN" [Prof. Dr. Nabilah Lubis: Pioneer of Philology Studies at IAIN]. BincangSyariah.Com (in Indonesian). South Tangerang: el-Bukhari Institute. Archived from the original on 10 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
"أماني برهان الدين لوبيس: بناء الحضارة الإسلامية بين الأصل المشهود والتجديد المنشود" [Amani Burhanuddin Lubis: Building the Islamic Civilization Between the Original and the Desired Renewal]. Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs of the Kingdom of Morocco official website (in Arabic). 19 June 2017. Archived from the original on 10 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
Lubis, Nabilah (2012). Nabilah Lubis, Roman Putri Kairo dan Mozaik Pengabdian di Negeri Khatulistiwa [Nabilah Lubis, Romance of the Woman of Cairo and the Mosaic of Service in the Equator Country] (in Indonesian). South Tangerang: Yayasan Media Alo Indonesia. ISBN9789799942647. OCLC798221735.
Lubis, Amany Burhanuddin Umar (2002). Sistem Politik Dinasti Mamluk (Suatu Kajian Sejarah) [The Political System of the Mamluk Dynasty (a Historical Study)] (Dissertation) (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic Institute. OCLC1027939200.
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