Nathan Lean

Nathan Lean is a writer, researcher, and public speaker whose work focuses on Islam, Islamophobia, the Middle East, Muslim-Christian relations, and other issues. Nathan holds a Masters Degree in International Studies (Middle East concentration) from East Carolina University and a Master of Arts in Arab Studies (Arab politics concentration) from Georgetown University. In 2006, he designed and implemented a cultural diplomacy initiative in Rabat, Morocco, with the US State Department. In 2009, he was awarded a Critical Language Scholarship that allowed him to study Arabic in Tunisia. Lean is the co-author of Iran, Israel and the United States (Palgrave 2010), and author of the award-winning The Islamophobia Industry (Pluto 2012), which has been translated into four foreign languages. Additionally, Nathan is the co-editor of The Moral Psychology of Terrorism (Cambridge Scholars 2013). His upcoming books include The Changing Middle East: Power and Politics in an Age of Revolution and Understanding Islam and the West.l