Abstract

Justin Marozzi is a historian, travel writer, journalist, and senior research fellow in journalism and the public understanding of history at the University of Buckingham. He holds degrees in history, broadcast journalism and international relations from the universities of Cambridge, Cardiff and Pennsylvania and has spent much of his professional life in the Arab World. His six books cover the history and geography of the Arab world from the deserts of north Africa to the Central Asian heartlands of Timur.

He won the 2015 Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje Prize in 2015 for ‘Baghdad: City of Peace and Blood’ and his most recent book is ‘Islamic Empires – Fifteen Cities that Define a Civilization’ further explores Islamic urbanism from Mecca to the 21st century.

Join us to hear more about his forthcoming book ‘The Arab Conquests, the spread of Islam and the first Caliphates’.