Professor Yasir Suleiman is Emeritus Professor of Modern Arabic Studies at the University of Cambridge, formerly His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said Professor of Contemporary Arabic Studies at the University of Cambridge and the Iraq Professor of Arabic Studies at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He is Commander of the British Empire (CBE), Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE), Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (FRCPE) and Ambassador of the University of Sarajevo. He is Chair of the Board of Trustees of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF), the premier prize for the Arabic novel internationally, Member of the Banipal Board for Arab literature, Member of the Board of Trustees of the Gulf Research Centre-Cambridge, Former Chair and Member of the Panel of Judges of the British Kuwaiti Friendship Society Book Prize. He is Founding Director of the Centre of Islamic Studies, Cambridge, and Founding President and Provost of the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. He served on many national and international bodies. His numerous publications cover various aspects of the Arabic language in the social world, including issues of identity and conflict.