Jawid Mojaddedi

Who is Jawid Mojaddedi?

Jawid Mojaddedi was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. At the age of five, he along with his mother and brother moved to Great Britain. He lived in several British cities and towns, including Glasgow, Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester, Westcliff-on-Sea, and Exeter.

During the nineties, Jawid Mojaddedi attended University of Manchester, where he earned his BA and PhD in Middle Eastern Studies. After graduating from the University of Manchester, he worked as a full-time faculty member of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, where he taught Arabic and Islamic Studies.

In 1998, Jawid moved from Great Britain to the United States. He worked at Columbia University for two years as an editor of Encyclopædia Iranica. He has been teaching at Rutgers University since 2003. He is a former director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies in Rutgers University, and currently Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Religion.

Jawid Mojaddedi is known world-wide as a Rumi expert. He has published several books, including translations of Rumi's longest poem, known as the Masnavi, into simple English.