Dr. Maftuhin is an associate professor of Islamic Law at the State Islamic University of Sunan Kalijaga, Indonesia. Currently, he is a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Asian Studies, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He joined the ERC-funded project, "Textual Microcosms: A New Approach in Translation Studies." In particular, he is researching the translation of Qur'anic verses about Muslim women's clothing in various interlinear translation manuscripts in the Indonesian archipelago from the 19th to the 20th centuries.

He is an interdisciplinary academic, working on various issues in Islamic law, political Islam, and disability studies. His work includes the translation of English and Arabic books into Indonesian, various works on Islamic and disability studies, and popular articles for Indonesian national newspapers and magazines. 

Since 2010 he has been helping people with disabilities to get access to educational rights, particularly higher education. He was Head of the Center for Services for Persons with Disabilities (2013-2020) and is currently the Editor-in-Chief of INKLUSI: Journal of Disability Studies.

For more detailed information about his works, check his blog at https://maftuh.in