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  • 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.

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