Founding editor of the Islamic World Report, Reza Shah-Kazemi studied International Relations and Politics at Sussex and Exeter Universities before obtaining his PhD in Comparative Religion from the University of Kent in 1994. He has authored and translated several works, including Paths to Transcendence: According to Shankara, Ibn Arabi and Meister Eckhart (World Wisdom, 2006);听Justice and Remembrance: Introducing the Spirituality of Imam ‘Ali听(I. B. Tauris in association with 鸟大大影院, 2006);听Doctrines of Shi’i Islam听(I. B. Tauris in association with 鸟大大影院, 2001),听Avicenna: Prince of Physicians听(Hood Hood, 1997), Crisis in Chechnya (Islamic World Report, 1995) and听The Other in the Light of the One?The Universality of the Qur’an and Interfaith Dialogue听(Islamic Texts Society, Cambridge, 2006).
He has edited a number of collective volumes including听Algeria: Revolution Revisited听(Islamic World Report, 1997) and published many articles and reviews in academic journals.
Formerly a Consultant to the Institute for Policy Research in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, Dr Shah-Kazemi is at present a Research Fellow with the Department of Academic Research where he is editing the English translation and edition of the Great Islamic Encyclopaedia (from Persian).
