Cyrus Ali Zargar

Cyrus Ali Zargar
Cyrus Ali Zargar
Born	Cyrus Ali Zargar
Academic background
Alma mater	University of California
Academic work
Institutions	University of Central Florida
Notable works	The Polished Mirror: Storytelling and the Pursuit of Virtue in Islamic Philosophy and Sufism; Sufi Aesthetics: Beauty, Love, and the Human Form in the Writings of Ibn 'Arabi and 'Iraqi;

Cyrus Ali Zargar is an Islamic studies scholar^[1] and the Endowed Al-Ghazali Distinguished Professor in Islamic Studies at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida.^[2] His research mainly focuses on Islamic philosophy, Arabic and Persian literature of medieval Sufism, Classical Sufism and Ethics in literature and film.^[3]

Biography[]

Zarger completed his BA in English Literature in 2000 from the University of California, Los Angeles. He received his MA and PhD in Near Eastern Studies in 2003 and 2008 respectively from the University of California, Berkeley. He has taught at many different institutions including Augustana College, in Rock Island, Illinois, San Francisco State University and University of California, Berkeley. Zarger is a member of American Academy of Religion.^[4]

Sufi Aesthetics: Beauty, Love, and the Human Form in the Writings of Ibn 'Arabi and 'Iraqi. Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 2011.
The Polished Mirror: Storytelling and the Pursuit of Virtue in Islamic Philosophy and Sufism. London: Oneworld, December 2017.

Nguyen, Martin (2018). Modern Muslim Theology: Engaging God and the World with Faith and Imagination (Religion in the Modern World). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 84. ISBN 978-1538115008.