Seyyed Hossein Nasr is a well known and highly respected intellectual figure both in the West and the Islamic world. An eloquent speaker with a charismatic presence, Nasr is a much sought after speaker at academic conferences and seminars, university and public lectures and also radio and television programs in his area of expertise. Currently University Professor of Islamic Studies at the George Washington University, Washington D.C., Dr. Nasr is an author of over fifty books and five hundred articles which have been translated into several major Islamic, European and Asian languages.