Raihan Ismail is the His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies. She convenes the Contemporary Islamic Studies program at the Middle East Centre, St Antony’s College. She is the author of Saudi Clerics and Shia Islam (Oxford University Press, 2016) and Rethinking Salafism: The Transnational Networks of Salafi ‘Ulama in Egypt, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia (Oxford University Press, 2021). Rethinking Salafism is the 2024 winner of the UK’s Muslim World Book Award.

Raihan Ismail è titolare della cattedra His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani di Studi islamici contemporanei. Dirige il programma di Studi islamici contemporanei presso il Centro per il Medio Oriente del St Antony’s College. È autrice di Saudi Clerics and Shia Islam (Oxford University Press, 2016) e Rethinking Salafism: The Transnational Networks of Salafi ‘Ulama in Egypt, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia (Oxford University Press, 2021). Rethinking Salafism è il vincitore del Muslim World Book Award 2024 del Regno Unito.