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Ahmet Murat Özel received a PhD in Islamic philosophy and Sufi studies from Selçuk University in Konya. Having previously taught Sufi thought and literature at Ibn Haldun University, he currently teaches in the Faculty of Islamic Sciences at Istanbul Medeniyet University. Professor Özel has published broadly on Sufism in North Africa and Turkish Sufi literature, and is Editor-in-Chief of the monthly magazine Nihayet.
Aisha Gray Henry is the Founding Director of Fons Vitae, a leading academic press dedicated to publishing interfaith scholarly works focused on world spirituality in general and Sufism in particular. Having previous taught at the Dalton School, Fordham University, and Cambridge University, she has also had a distinguished career in cinematography, having produced such influential videos as Beads of Faith and Islam in Tibet.
Aisha Imam is the Founder and Director of the Reed Society for the Sacred Arts, a Washington, DC-based organization dedicated to preserving knowledge of the traditional arts. She also serves on the Islamic Art Advisory Committee for the Walters Art Museum and holds advanced graduate degrees in public health.
Baraka Blue is a poet, musician, and teacher from Seattle, Washington. In addition to studying with traditional spiritual masters in Egypt, The Gambia, and Türkiye and releasing multiple studio albums, authoring books of poetry, and performing internationally, he holds a Master of Arts in Islamic studies from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California.
Carl W. Ernst is William R. Kenan, Jr., Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Islamic studies in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. An award-winning author of books on the Sufi tradition and contemporary representations of Islam, his publications include Refractions of Islam in India and I Cannot Write My Life (co-authored by Mbaye Lo).
James W. Morris is Professor Emeritus in the Theology Department at Boston College and a specialist in Islamic thought and the works of Ibn ‘Arabi. His writings span a diverse range of topics in Islamic studies, taking in everything from cinema and poetry to philosophy and spirituality. Among Professor Morris’ many books are such titles as The Reflective Heart and Openings.
Mahmut Erol Kılıç is Professor of Sufism and Islamic philosophy at Üsküdar University’s Institute for Sufi Studies and Director General of the Istanbul-based Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA), and has also had a distinguished diplomatic career in such capacities as the Republic of Türkiye’s official Ambassador to Indonesia. His writings on Islamic spirituality, Ibn ‘Arabi, and Ottoman Sufism have received many awards and garnered significant national and international attention.
Mohammed Rustom is Professor of Islamic thought and global philosophy at Carleton University, Director of the Carleton Centre for the Study of Islam, and Executive Director of the Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies. An internationally renowned scholar and philosopher whose works are available in over ten languages, his more recent books include Inrushes of the Heart and A Sourcebook in Global Philosophy.
Oludamini Ogunnaike is Associate Professor of African religious thought and democracy at the University of Virginia. Celebrated as a leading voice in a variety of disciplines, from cross-cultural and decolonial philosophy on the one hand to the Islamic and indigenous religious traditions of West and North Africa on the other, he is the author of Deep Knowledge and a collection of English Sufi poetry entitled The Book of Clouds.
Omid Safi is Professor of Islamic studies at Duke University and specializes in Sufi literature and contemporary Islamic thought. He is the author of such well-received books as Memories of Muhammad and Radical Love, and is frequently featured on such important media outlets as the New York Times, Newsweek, Washington Post, PBS, NPR, NBC, BBC, and CNN.
Sachiko Murata is Professor of religion and Asian studies in the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies at Stony Brook University. Her groundbreaking contributions on Sufism and gender and the Sufi tradition in China have changed the landscape of not only the fields of Sufism and Islamic thought, but also the broader disciplines of religious studies and global philosophy. Professor Murata’s highly acclaimed books include The Tao of Islam and The First Islamic Classic in Chinese.
Seyyed Hossein Nasr is University Professor of Islamic studies at The George Washington University. Hailed as one of the most important philosophical and spiritual figures of our time, Professor Nasr has authored over ninety books and five hundred articles and has trained countless globally influential intellectuals and artists. Professor Nasr’s most recent books are Return to the Eternal Abode and What Is Metaphysics?
Ümit Meriç is a highly acclaimed author and public intellectual in Türkiye, having had a long and illustrious career as a Professor of sociology at Istanbul University, from which she retired in 1999. Her books include Sociology Conversations and Journey to the Heaven Inside Me.
William C. Chittick is SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies at Stony Brook University. Widely recognized as the English-speaking world’s foremost translator and interpreter of Arabic and Persian texts in the fields of Sufism and Islamic philosophy, his numerous books and translations include such highly regarded titles as The Sufi Path of Love and The Repose of the Spirits.