Vali nasr biography books

Iranian-American academic and author (born 1960)

Vali Reza Nasr (Persian: ولی‌ رضا نصر, born 20 December 1960) is an Iranian-American academic and author, specializing in the Middle East and the Islamic world.

He is Majid Khaddouri Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C. He served as the eighth dean of the school from 2012 to 2019.

Vali nasr biography books

Nasr is also a Non-Resident Fellow in South Asia at Atlantic Council^[1] and is described by The Economist as "a leading world authority on Shia Islam".^[2]

Biography

Son of the Iranian academic, philosopher, and scholar of religion Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Vali Nasr was born in Tehran, Imperial State of Iran in 1960, went to school in England at age 16, and immigrated to the United States after the 1979 Revolution.

He received his B.A. degree from Tufts University in international relationssumma cum laude. He e