Josef (Yousef) Waleed Meri (Ar. يوسف وليد مرعي / Yūsuf Walīd al-Marʿī / Hebr. יוסף מרעי‎) is a leading specialist in medieval Islamic history and civilization, social history, the history of the Jewish communities of the Middle East and the academic study of interfaith relations. From 2013-2014 he served as eighth Allianz Visiting Professor of Islamic Studies (2013-2014) at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He was a Fellow of St.