- Shaykh Dr Hisham
- British, English convert father, Arab mother of Egyptian-Sudanese-Moroccan heritage of Abbasi and Hasani ancestry.
- Fellow at the Centre for Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge
- Muqaddam in tariqa of Shaykh Seraj Hasan Hendricks, who was khalifa of Sayyid Muhammad b. Alawi al-Maliki, and also former mufti of Cape Town
- Appointed as Senior Scholar of famous Azzawia Institute of South Africa
- Appointed as Council Member of the British Board of Scholars and Imams
- Appointed as Member of the Academic Committee of the Tabah Foundation of Habib ‘Ali al-Jifri
- Appointed as professorial fellow of Cambridge Muslim College
- Fellow of Royal Society of Arts due to his academic work
- Academic career included posts at Harvard University, Cambridge University, American University in Cairo
- Author of 7 books, including two on Tasawwuf
- Works in London and Washington DC, often visits Cairo.