Expertise
Islam; Middle East; South Asia; Afghanistan and Pakistan; anthropology; Muslims in America; homeland security
- Language Fluency:
- Urdu
- French
Background
Current Positions
Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies and Professor of International Relations at American University in Washington, DC; First Distinguished Chair of Middle East and Islamic Studies at the U.S. Naval Academy
Past Positions
Visiting professor at Harvard University (1981), Cambridge University (1988-1999), and the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton (1980); Founder-Director General of the National Center for Rural Development (1982-1985); Former High Commissioner of Pakistan to Great Britain (2000); Pakistan Civil Service; Political Agent, South Waziristan Agency
Education
Ph.D., University of London, M.A., Cambridge University