Historian Marina Rustow, 2015 MacArthur Fellow

Marina Rustow is a historian mining textual materials from the Cairo Geniza to deepen our understanding of medieval Muslim and Jewish communities.

The MacArthur Fellowship is a $625,000, no-strings-attached grant for individuals who have shown exceptional creativity in their work and the promise to do more. Learn more at www.macfound.org/fellows and explore their stories on social media with the hashtag #MacFellow.