About the Author

John Herlihy was born in Boston, Massachusetts and converted to Islam many years ago in 1974 while he was working as a lecturer in academic writing at Kuwait University. He has written many books on what it means to live a life of spirituality in an anti-spiritual world. World Wisdom Books has published two of his works, Borderlands of the Spirit, and Wisdom's Journey. Ansar Books has recently published his book on the Quran entitled Holy Qur'an: An Intimate Portrait and another book of Islamic Culture and Spirituality entitled Living a Muslim Life. He has also published articles in the traditional journals "Sophia" and "Sacred Web". He presently work as an academic at Qatar University in Doha, Qatar.