Dr Hisham Hellyer
Dr Hisham Hellyer

Dr Hisham A (HA) Hellyer is currently a fellow at the Centre of Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge, and a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace scholar. Elected as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Society of Arts for his scholarly and public impact over two decades in geopolitics, security studies, political economy, and belief, he has held positions at Harvard, Warwick University, Brookings, and the American University in Cairo. Trained in the Islamic canon, Shaykh Hisham was previously appointed as Council Member of the British Board of Scholars and Imams, the first ‘senior scholar’ of the renowned Azzawia Institute, and the first professorial fellow at Cambridge Muslim College. His books include Muslims of Europe: the ‘Other’ Europeans, A Revolution Undone: Egypt’s Road Beyond Revolt, A Sublime Path: the Sufi Way of the Makkan Sages, and The Islamic Tradition and the Human Rights Discourse.

Source of Influence: Scholarly

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