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mmasud@pmu.edu.sa
Dr Masud currently serves as Chair of the Law Department at PMU, and has previously undertaken leading roles in key academic areas, particularly academic integrity, progress coaching, and student mobility. In these earlier roles, he contributed to policy development, supported ethical academic practices, supported students progress, and assisted with initiatives aimed at enhancing student mobility and international engagement.
Dr Mahmoud Masud is a legal academic with expertise across both the private and public sectors, and is fluent in English and Arabic. He teaches and has led undergraduate and postgraduate modules in both private and public law. His teaching portfolio includes Public International Law, Human Rights and Civil Liberties, Equity and Trusts, Legal Methods, Criminal Law, Land Law, and Business Law, and he has supervised dissertations. His research focuses on the intersection of Islamic law and international human rights law, with particular attention to minority protection, women’s rights, criminal law reform, and the regulation of hate expression. His work adopts comparative and interdisciplinary approaches and is directed at addressing contemporary legal and societal challenges. He currently teaches a range of courses delivered in both Arabic and English, including Saudi Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure, General Criminal Law, Intellectual Property Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Legal Writing and Research. His teaching approach emphasises clarity, critical engagement, and creating a supportive learning environment for students.
Beyond the classroom, Dr Masud contributes to the academic life of the Law School at Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University. He leads on all aspects of the Law Department, assists with the organisation of conferences and international collaborations and academic events, participates in recruitment and interview panels, and supports student engagement through law fairs and other extracurricular activities.
HE Education
PhD in Law - Coventry University
Master of Laws - Coventry University
Bachelor in International Law - Coventry University
Academic Qualifications
Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) Issued: Sep 2020
Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCert) Issued: Oct 2018
Mental Health First Aid Awareness Certificate (MHFA) Issued: Apr 2019
PhD Project
Funded by: The Centre for Financial and Corporate Integrity – Coventry University
“Conceptual and legal harmonisation of offensive anti-religious speech: Reconciling the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights with the approach of Muslim States for the protection of Islamic beliefs, and Muslim and non-Muslim minority groups.” (2023)
Published Journal Articles
'The Blurred Lines of Freedom of Expression: Analysing Desecration of the Holy Qur’an between Constitutional Guarantees and Illegality of Incitement to Hatred against Religious Minorities' (2025) Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law & Practice.
'The protection of Muslim minorities against cyber hate in Europe - a critique of the European Court of Human Rights protection of religious followers against hate expression' (2024) Coventry Law Journal.
'So? He is your husband! Analysing the possibility of reconceptualising rape (ightisab)' (2023) Jus Corpus Journal.
'The effectiveness of international environmental law on combating the effect of war on the environment' (2017) Coventry Law Journal.
'Critically evaluating if the rights contained in CEDAW can be applied universally across all ratifying states without variation, or should there be concessions for particular cultural or religious groups?' (2017) Coventry Law Journal.
To be Published
From Two Millennia of Anti-Semitic Scapegoating to the Gut-Feeling of Islamophobia: Sustainable Definition of Islamophobia to Fulfil the International Promise of “Never Again”
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Undergraduate and Postgradute courses
Law LLB and LLM: Public International Law, Human Rights and Civil Liberties, Equity and Trusts, Legal Methods, Criminal Law, Land Law, and Business Law. I have also supervised LLB and LLM dissertations.
I currently teach a range of Arabic and English-taught courses, including Saudi Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure, General Criminal Law, Intellectual Property Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Property and Securities and Legal Writing and Research.
Comparative International & Islamic Human Rights Law
Comparative Criminal Law
Academic Integrity and AI
Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Mental Health First Aid of England (MHFA)
