Dr. Firas Alkhateeb has taught at Darul Qasim College since 2014. He holds a PhD in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and an MA in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Chicago, as well as a BA in History from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has also pursued traditional Islamic studies under Shaykh Amin and scholars in Istanbul. His research explores the intersection of Ottoman intellectual history, philosophical Sufism, and Muslim political theory. He is the author of Lost Islamic History: Reclaiming Muslim Civilization from the Past (2014), a short introductory text on Muslim history.