Meet the Author
Abdul Rahman Azzam
Abdul Rahman Azzam holds a BA and DPhil in Middle Eastern and Islamic history from the University of Oxford. He is the author of Saladin: The Triumph of the Sunni Revival (2008), The Other Exile (2017), and The Return of Sebastian (2021). From 2007 to 2017, he served as Director of Communications and Cultural Advisor to Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation (QF), where he led initiatives such as QF’s partnership with the British Library to digitize millions of documents. Previously Managing Director of The Islamic Texts Society and founder of Hood Hood Books, Azzam is a member of the KITAB project, exploring Arabic texts through digital humanities. He was also a senior advisor on AlMadar for the inaugural Islamic Arts Biennale in 2023.
