BERNARD LEWIS is the Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies Emeritus at Princeton University. His most recent books include Faith and Power: Religion and Politics in the Middle East, From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting the Middle East, The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror, and What Went Wrong?: The Clash between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East, two of which were national best sellers.
Lewis is recognized around the globe as one of the leading authorities on Islam. Hailed as "the world's foremost Islamic scholar" (Wall Street Journal), as "a towering figure among experts on the culture and religion of the Muslim world" (Baltimore Sun), and as "the doyen of Middle Eastern studies" (New York Times), Lewis is a national treasure, a trusted voice whom politicians, journalists, historians, and the general public have all turned to for insight into the Middle East.