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Faissal Hameed is a Lecturer in Islamic and Middle Eastern History and Politics. He has a BA (Hons) in the History and Politics of the Near and Middle East and an MA in African/Asian History from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London and a PhD in the Politics of Islamic Revivalism in South Asia from the University of Birmingham. His specialization is in the fields of the modern history of the Middle East and Islamic societies and in contemporary Islam and its relations to politics in the Muslim world. He has lectured extensively within the field of Islam and politics and over a broad range of related subject areas as well as historical ‘time-periods’. Along with teaching, he has supervised postgraduate students for research-based dissertations. He is interviewed by the media on Muslim affairs and has offered seminars at various national fora and has taught at the University of Birmingham; Birkbeck College, University of London; the Foundation for International Education; and Richmond, the American International University in London. Faissal is presently Head of Academic Affairs and Senior Lecturer at the Muslim College, he has been teaching ‘Islamic History and Civilisation’ and ‘Research Methods’ in the college since 2004. His research interests include South Asian history with special reference to the politics of Islamic identity in Pakistan and, more broadly, debates in contemporary Islam and their relations to politics. Faissal is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.