2022

Abisaab

Rula Jurdi Abisaab

Professor, Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University
Rula Jurdi Abisaab is a Professor of Islamic History at McGill University with a focus on Safavid Iran and Twelver Shi'ism. Her scholarship deals... Read more about Rula Jurdi Abisaab
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Olly Akkerman

Institute of Islamic Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
Olly Akkerman (Institute of Islamic Studies, Freie Universität Berlin) is a specialist on Arabic manuscripts and Shi'i Islam. Her research examines the social... Read more about Olly Akkerman
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Yahya Alshamy

Ph.D. Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University
Yahya Alshamy is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Economics, a Graduate Fellow in the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and... Read more about Yahya Alshamy
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Rizwan Arastu

Founding Director, Islamic Texts Institute
Shaykh Rizwan Arastu is a graduate of the Islamic Seminary of Qum and Princeton University. He is the founding director of the Islamic Texts Institute, a non-... Read more about Rizwan Arastu
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Ali Asani

Chair, Project on Shi’ism and Global Affairs.
Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, Harvard University.

Born in Nairobi, Kenya, Ali Asani is Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and...

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Yahia Baiza

Research Associate, The Institute of Ismaili Studies
Dr Yahia Baiza is a research associate at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, United Kingdom, researching education, history, and Islamic and Afghanistan... Read more about Yahia Baiza
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Najah Bazzy

Founder and CEO, Zaman International

Najah Bazzy, RN, is an internationally recognized healer, humanitarian and interfaith leader who left a six-figure salary as a critical-care nurse to...

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Boylston

Nicholas Boylston

Assistant Professor, Theology and Religious Studies, Seattle University
Dr. Nicholas Boylston, Assistant Professor at Seattle University, is a scholar of Islamic Studies focusing on Shii Studies, Quranic Studies, Sufism and Persian... Read more about Nicholas Boylston
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Hüseyin Cicek

Deputy Head, Department of Islamic-Theological Studies, University of Vienna
PD Mag. Dr. Hüseyin Cicek holds a doctorate in political science and a habilitation in religious studies. He currently works at the University of Vienna and... Read more about Hüseyin Cicek
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Deniz Coşan Eke

Post-doc Researcher, University of Vienna
Deniz Cosan Eke (Dr. phil.) works as a post-doc researcher in the Alevi Theological Studies at the University of Vienna in Austria. She received her BA and... Read more about Deniz Coşan Eke
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Farhad Daftary

Co-Director, The Institute of Ismaili Studies

Farhad Daftary completed his early and secondary education in Tehran, Rome, and London, before going to Washington, D.C., in 1958. He received his B.A....

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Dagikhudo Dagiev

Dagikhudo Dagiev

Senior Research Associate, The Institute of Ismaili Studies

Dagikhudo Dagiev is a Senior Research Associate in Shiʿi Studies Unit at the Department of Academic Research and Publications, The Institute of Ismaili...

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Aurélie Daher

Lecturer, Paris-Dauphine University

Aurélie Daher is a French, English and Arabic-speaking academic who teaches political science and the sociology of conflicts at University of...

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 Maria De Cillis

Senior Research Associate, The Institute of Ismaili Studies
Maria De Cillis is a Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, where she is also the Series Editor of the Shiʿi Heritage... Read more about  Maria De Cillis