Nile Green

Nile Green (born 1972) is an English historian and author. He is known for his book ''Empire's Son, Empire's Orphan''. His books have won awards and prizes, including the Bentley Book Prize from the World History Association, the Albert Hourani Book Award from the Middle East Studies Association, and the Ananda K. Coomaraswamy Book Award from the Association for Asian Studies.

He is the William Andrews Clark Professor of History and the current holder of the Ibn Khaldun Endowed Chair in World History at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He has authored seven monographs and over seventy articles and has edited seven books. He was a founding director of UCLA's Program on Central Asia, in addition to various boards, including the ''International Journal of Middle East Studies''.

His writings examine the different ways in which Muslims have responded to the rise of the West and to the modern world in general, as well as Muslim responses to Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism. He has also written about Islam and globalization, and Sufism. His publications focus not only on the Middle East, but on the larger Muslim communities of Asia and Africa, as well as Europe and the United States. He has also written about the Indian Ocean and the Persianate world. He also hosts the podcast ''Akbar's Chamber: Experts Talk Islam''. Provided by Wikipedia