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He is considered “the world’s leading authority on contemporary Islam” by the BBC.¹ Ambassador Akbar Ahmed has advised world leaders including most recently General David Petraeus, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, and Secretary Michael Chertoff on Islam and foreign policy. He is regularly interviewed by CNN , CBS , BBC , and Fox News and has appeared several times on the Oprah Winfrey Show . He is the author of over a dozen award-winning books, including Discovering Islam (the basis for the BBC six-part TV series entitled “Living Islam”) and, most recently, Journey into Islam ; his books have been translated into many languages, including Chinese and Indonesian. His most recent book is Journey into Islam. His latest project based in extensive fieldwork has resulted in a full length documentary, Journey into America, which has been shown at several film festivals and the book, Journey into America; the Challenge of Islam (Brookings Press, June 2010). Ahmed's insights should be required reading for anyone grappling with national security, national identity, and national cohesion in today s complex era." — Colonel David Kilcullen, author of The Accidental Guerrilla.² He joined the Civil Service of Pakistan (CSP), the elite cadre of the Central Superior Services of Pakistan in 1966, and held important posts in Pakistan and Bangladesh—including Commissioner, Quetta; Political Agent, South Waziristan Agency.³ He has also been the Ambassador from Pakistan to the UK. Ambassador Ahmed is one of the world’s foremost anthropologists and was inducted into the legendary figures in Anthropology’s Hall of Fame as part of the "Anthropological Ancestors" audio-visual interview series at Cambridge University in July 2004. He has written extensively on the tribal areas of Pakistan, including his book Resistance and Control in Pakistan (1983), and the anthropology of Muslim societies. His most recent projects have been unprecedented large-scale anthropological studies and as one Harvard intellectual noted, he is “changing the face of anthropology.” A prolific author, he is also a playwright and has staged three of his own plays in the DC area: "Noor", "The Trial of Dara Shikoh", and "From Waziristan to Washington: A Muslim at the Crossroads". Two plays, "Noor" and "Dara Shikoh", were published by Saqi Books in the summer of 2009. Ambassador Akbar Ahmed has also been a leader in interfaith dialogue and tries to build bridges between civilizations.⁴ Recently he along with Judea Pearl, father of slain journalist Daniel Pearl, have had public dialogues in an effort to dispel hate and ignorance.⁵

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Akbar Salahuddin Ahmed , Sitara-i-Imtiaz , or Akbar Ahmed , is currently the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, American University in Washington, D.C. and was the First Distinguished Chair of Middle East and Islamic Studies at the US Naval Academy , Annapolis, and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution . He has served as a Visiting Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and has taught at Princeton and Harvard Universities. He was the Iqbal Fellow (Chair of Pakistan Studies) and Fellow of Selywn College at the University of Cambridge. In the Fall of 2012, Ahmed was the Diane Middlebrook and Carl Djerassi Visiting Professor of the Centre for Gender Studies at the University of Cambridge. He joined the Civil Service of Pakistan (CSP), the elite cadre of the Central Superior Services of Pakistan in 1966, and held senior level posts in Pakistan and Bangladesh—including Commissioner, Quetta; and Political Agent, South Waziristan Agency. He also served as the High Commissioner from Pakistan to the UK. He is also an author, poet and a playwright. Ahmed has also been a leader in interfaith dialogue among both Abrahamic and non-Abrahamic faiths. Along with Judea Pearl, father of slain journalist Daniel Pearl he has had public dialogues in an effort to dispel hate and ignorance. Ambassador Ahmed was also the recipient of the first Gandhi Center Fellowship of Peace Award in 2004. / U.S.

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Akbar Salahuddin Ahmed , (born. 15 January 1943) is a Pakistani-American academic, author, poet, playwright, filmmaker and former diplomat. He currently holds the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies and is Professor of International Relations at the American University in Washington, D.C. A former Pakistani High Commissioner to the UK and Ireland, Ahmed was a member of the Civil Service of Pakistan and served as Political Agent in South Waziristan Agency and Commissioner in Baluchistan . He also served as the Iqbal Fellow (Chair of Pakistan Studies) at the University of Cambridge as well as holding teaching positions at Harvard , Princeton , and the U.S. An anthropologist and scholar of Islam, he received his PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London . He has been called "the world's leading authority on contemporary Islam" by the BBC . Ahmed received the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Medal of Excellence) and Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) from the Pakistani government for academic distinction and the Sir Percy Sykes Memorial Medal by the Royal Society for Asian Affairs in London. He was also awarded the inaugural Purpose Prize in 2006 alongside Judea Pearl and is frequently named in the annual book, The Muslim 500: The World's 500 Most Influential Muslims, and was named a 2015 Global Thought Leader by The World Post and the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute . "Pakistani-American professor wins 'teacher of the year' award - The Express Tribune" . 15 May 2017.

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Pakistani-American academic and former diplomat Akbar Salahuddin Ahmed , is a Pakistani-American academic, author, poet, playwright, filmmaker and former diplomat. He currently is a professor of International Relations and holds the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at the American University , School of International Service in Washington, D.C. He currently is a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center. Immediately prior, he taught at Princeton University and served as a visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton . He also taught at Harvard University and was a visiting scholar at the Department of Anthropology. Ahmed was the First Chair of Middle East and Islamic Studies at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis , and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution . In 2004 Ahmed was named District of Columbia Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education . A former Pakistani High Commissioner to the UK and Ireland, Ahmed was a member of the Civil Service of Pakistan and served as Political Agent in South Waziristan Agency and Commissioner in Baluchistan . He also served as the Iqbal Fellow (Chair of Pakistan Studies) at the University of Cambridge . An anthropologist and scholar of Islam. He completed his MA at Cambridge University and received his PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London . He has been called "the world's leading authority on contemporary Islam" by the BBC . Ahmed received the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Medal of Excellence) and Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) from the Pakistani government for academic distinction and the Sir Percy Sykes Memorial Medal by the Royal Society for Asian Affairs in London. He was also awarded the inaugural Purpose Prize in 2006 alongside Judea Pearl and is frequently named in the annual book, The Muslim 500: The World's 500 Most Influential Muslims, and was named a 2015 Global Thought Leader by The World Post and the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute . "Pakistani-American professor wins 'teacher of the year' award - The Express Tribune" . 15 May 2017.

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Pakistani-American academic and former diplomat Akbar Salahuddin Ahmed is a Pakistani-American academic, author, poet, playwright, filmmaker and former diplomat. He currently is a professor of International Relations and holds the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at the American University , School of International Service in Washington, D.C. He currently is a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center. Immediately prior, he taught at Princeton University and served as a visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton . He also taught at Harvard University and was a visiting scholar at the Department of Anthropology. Ahmed was the First Chair of Middle East and Islamic Studies at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis , and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution . In 2004 Ahmed was named District of Columbia Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education . A former Pakistani High Commissioner to the UK and Ireland, Ahmed was a member of the Civil Service of Pakistan and served as Political Agent in South Waziristan Agency and Commissioner in Balochistan . He also served as the Iqbal Fellow (Chair of Pakistan Studies) at the University of Cambridge . An anthropologist and scholar of Islam, he completed his MA at Cambridge University and received his PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London . He has been called "the world's leading authority on contemporary Islam" by the BBC . Ahmed received the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Medal of Excellence) and Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) from the Pakistani government for academic distinction and the Sir Percy Sykes Memorial Medal by the Royal Society for Asian Affairs in London. He was also awarded the inaugural Purpose Prize in 2006 alongside Judea Pearl and is frequently named in the annual book, The Muslim 500: The World's 500 Most Influential Muslims, and was named a 2015 Global Thought Leader by The World Post and the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute . "Pakistani-American professor wins 'teacher of the year' award - The Express Tribune" . 15 May 2017.

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