Omar Imady

Omar Imady (Arabic: عمر العمادي‎, born July 8, 1966) is a Syrian American scholar, novelist, and poet. In 2016, a second edition of his novel, The Gospel of Damascus, was published, along with an Arabic, French and Spanish translation.[1]

Omar Imady
Omar Imady
Born8 July 1966
Damascus, Syria
NationalitySyrian-American
OccupationAuthor

Early life and education

He was born in Damascus on July 8, 1966, to Muhammad Imadi and Mildred Elaine Rippey.

Imady received his BA from Macalester College, and holds a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania.[2] He was the disciple of Muhammad Bashir al-Bani, a Sufi Damascene Muslim scholar, from 1985 and until al-Bani's death in 2008.[3]

Publications

Imady is the author of The Gospel of Damascus, a Book of the Year Award (BOTYA) finalist in 2012[4] published in two English editions, and subsequently translated into Arabic, French and Spanish.[5] The novel weaves Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions to tell the story of a Damascene man who becomes totally consumed with the idea that Damascus is the site of the Second Coming of Jesus.[6][7] Imady is also the author, and coauthor, of several works on Syria and Sufism, including: The Rise and Fall of Muslim Civil Society;[8]The Syrian Uprising Domestic Origins and Early Trajectory;[9] Syria at War, five Years On;[10] "Organisationally Secular: Damascene Islamist Movements and the Syrian Uprising";[11] "How a microfinance network could have preempted the Syrian uprising";[12] and When You're Shoved from the Right, Look to Your Left: Metaphors of Islamic Humanism.[13]

Center for Syrian Studies

After careers at the UNDP,[14] and the New York Institute of Technology (Amman Campus),[15] Imady joined the Center for Syrian Studies at the University of St Andrews in 2012. He is the Deputy Director of the Center, Managing Editor of the Center's journal, Syria Studies, and a Senior Fellow.[16] In this capacity, he writes regularly to the Center's blog Inspired by Syria,[17] and appears frequently on TV and Radio channels, including FRANCE 24,[18] TRT World,[19] and Euronews.[20]

References
  1. Centre for Translation Studies (CenTraS) - UCL. Fiction & the Challenges of Organic Translation. (2018, January 08). Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  2. Franklin Library: Journals, associations and political parties: The institutions of Islamic reform (1871-1949). (1993, December 10). Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  3. Imady, O. (2017, August 8). Soul. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  4. Your Guide to Fiction Books. (2012, April 01). The Gospel of Damascus by Omar Imady. Retrieved April 24, 2018
  5. Virginia Institute Press. (2016, August 8). Virginia Institute Press. Virginia Institute Press Announces The November 16, 2016 Publication Of Omar Imady's Novel The Gospel Of Damascus In Four Languages. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  6. Trask, Shelia M. 2012. The Gospel of Damascus. The US Review of Books.
  7. BBC Radio. 2016. Author and academic Omar Imady, on the current situation in Syria and his latest novel, The Gospel of Damascus.
  8. Imady, O., 2005. The Rise and Fall of Muslim Civil Society. Hollister: MSI.
  9. Imady, O. (2018, February 15). The Syrian Uprising: Domestic Origins and Early Trajectory (Paperback) - Routledge (R. Hinnebusch, Ed.). Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  10. Abu Ismail, K., Imady, O., Kuncic, A., and Nujum, U., 2016. Syria At War: Five Years Later. ESCWA & St Andrews. Syria at war: Five years on. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  11. Imady, O., 2018. "Organisationally Secular: Damascene Islamist Movements and the Syrian Uprising".Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  12. Imady, O., 2014. How a Microfinance Network Could Have Preempted the Syrian Uprising. Syria Studies, 6 (1), 81–122. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  13. Imady, O., 2005. When you’re shoved from the right, look to your left: Metaphors of Islamic Humanism. Hollister: MSI.
  14. S., Dieter, H., I., & O. (1970, January 01). Sanduq: A microfinance innovation in Jabal Al-Hoss, Syria. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  15. Al Bawaba. (2010, June 13). NYIT Jordan Celebrates Class of 2010. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  16. Omar Imady - Centre for Syrian Studies, University of St Andrews.
  17. Syria Blog - Inspired By Syria.
  18. Interview with Dr. Omar Imady - FRANCE24.
  19. Interview with Dr. Omar Imady - TRT WORLD.
  20. Interview with Dr. Omar Imady - euronews.
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