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Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Khairudin AljuniedDr. Khairudin Aljunied is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore (NUS). He received his BA and MA in History from the National University of Singapore in 2003 and completed his doctorate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, in 2008. Dr. Khairudin has studied and conducted research in countries such as the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Dr. Khairudin has held a number of visiting positions. He was an Honorary Research Associate at La Trobe University, Australia, in 2012. In 2013, he was a Fulbright Professor at Columbia University. More recently, Dr. Khairudin was a Visiting Professor at the University of Brunei (2015). He was appointed as Full Professor and the Malaysia Chair of Islam in Southeast Asia at Georgetown University (2017-2018) and maintains a position as Senior Fellow. A recognized specialist in the field of intellectual history, his research focuses on the connections between Southeast Asia and Global Islam. He is the author and editor of thirteen books and more than thirty internationally refereed articles. Recent publications include Resistance and Protest in Colonial Malaya (Northern Illinois University Press, 2016), Muslim Cosmopolitanism: Southeast Asian Islam in Comparative Perspective (Edinburgh University Press, 2017), Hamka and Islam: Cosmopolitan Reform in the Malay World (Cornell University Press, 2018), Islam in Malaysia: An Entwined History (Oxford University Press, 2019), and Shapers of Islam in Southeast Asia (New York: Oxford University Press, 2022).
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Senior Editor: Dr. Osman LatiffDr. Osman Latiff is Senior Researcher and Instructor at Sapience Institute. He has a B.A. in History, an M.A. in Crusader Studies, and has completed a PhD in the 'Place of Fada'il al-Quds (Merits of Jerusalem) and Religious Poetry in the Muslim effort to recapture Jerusalem in the Crusades' from Royal Holloway, University of London. He has delivered many papers in the U.K. and internationally at renowned academic institutions. His book on the Crusades, ‘The Cutting Edge of the Poet’s Sword: Muslim Poetic Responses to the Crusades,’ was published by Brill in 2018. He has also written and continues to write academic articles and book chapters in the field of history.
Further to his PhD, he conducted post-doctorate research in Politics and International Relations ('The effect of war media iconography on U.S. identity: disruptive images, counter-hegemony and political syncretism') - considering bottom-up, grassroots humanistic values and affective principles of empathy and syncretism, and the power of the visual dimension in war and conflict. His second book, on the place of empathy in challenging attitudes of otherness in human societies, entitled ‘On Being Human: How Islam addresses othering, dehumanisation and empathy’ was published in February 2020 and launched in Christchurch New Zealand on the anniversary of the Christchurch mosque shootings (2019). His most recent work, ‘Navigating War, Dissent and Empathy in Arab/U.S. relations: Seeing Our Others in Darkened Spaces’ (Springer, 2021) is a comparative, multimodal study that helps to explain shifting self-identities within the U.S. and relationally through the representation of an Arab 'other'. Dr. Latiff is a lecturer and teacher at Jamia Masjid and Islamic Centre, Slough, and is a regular speaker at mosques and universities in the U.K. and internationally. |
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Associate Editor: Mohamud Awil MohamedMohamud Awil Mohamed is a Fontaine Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, pursuing a Ph.D. in History and Islamic Law with a focus on Islamic thought and history in the Horn of Africa, Hijaz and the wider Indian Ocean world. He holds a diploma in Islamic Studies from Abubakar As-Siddique's Institute for Islamic Studies, a BA in History from Augsburg University and an MA in Heritage Studies and Public History from the University of Minnesota.
He was a research fellow at Dar al-Hadith al-Hassania in Rabat, Morocco. He has continued to study with and receive ijazat from erudite scholars both in America and elsewhere in the Muslim world: in Somalia, Morocco, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia. He was formerly resident Khateeb of Augsburg University and served as chaplain to the Muslim community at the University of Minnesota. |
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Associate Editor: Amir Abu GhuddaAmir Abu Ghudda holds a BA in Political Science and a Certificate in Economics from the University of Regina, complemented by a JD from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law. His legal training includes completing articles at a prestigious Canadian national firm, as well as serving as a clerk at the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal. Amir's professional experience also encompasses practicing as a litigator in Saskatchewan. Amir pursued extensive studies in the Islamic sciences in Türkiye under the guidance of renowned Syrian scholars in Ḥadīth and Fiqh, and he currently holds numerous Ijāzāt. Amir’s studies focus on Islamic legal history, Ḥadīth, and Fiqh. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Islamic Studies at Georgetown University.
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Associate Editor: Ameen OmarAmeen Omar is a Ph.D. student at Princeton, working on slavery and post-abolition in the Persian/Arabian Gulf from the late 19th to mid-20th centuries. Prior to joining the program, Ameen spent time studying Turkish at İbn Haldun Üniversitesi. He holds a master's in History from George Washington and a second master's in Islamic Studies from Hamad Bin Khalifa. While studying in Doha, Ameen wrote his thesis on The Bin Jelmood House, described as the first slavery museum in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Managing Editor: Abdul HaiAbdul Hai is a passionate enthusiast of literature, adept in various roles within the realm of books: he's a devoted reader, skilled bookbinder, meticulous book restorer, and a leisure writer. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Social Science from Birkbeck, University of London, complemented by a certificate of higher education from the same institution. Presently, he's pursuing postgraduate studies at the University of Wolverhampton. Beyond academia, Abdul is the driving force behind the Islamic Literary Society, serving as its founder and project manager. Additionally, he assumes the role of editor for the 'Other Words Journal,' dedicated to fostering creative writing talent.
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