Akbar S. Ahmed
Akbar S. Ahmed is an anthropologist and a fellow of the Selwyn College, Cambridge. He holds the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, is a professor of international relations at the American University, and has a Ph.D. from the University of London. During the 1980s, Ahmed was the Pakistani Commissioner in Baluchistan. From 1999-2000, Ahmed was the Pakistani High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. He has appeared on Oprah three times; as well as on the BBC's Living Islam (1993). Ahmed was born in Allahabad, India.
Writings by Ahmed
- 1997)
- Living Islam (1993)
- Postmodernism and Islam (1992)
- Discovering Islam (1988)
