Professor of creative writing at the University of California-Riverside, founder of Aslan Media and member of the Council on Foreign Relations; author of How to Win a Cosmic War: God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East, No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam (revised, updated edition for the tenth anniversary of 9/11) and Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth; former contributing editor at the Daily Beast and Middle East analyst for public radio's Marketplace
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