Rebecca Masterton is a British Islamic scholar, author and television presenter.
Rebecca Masterton | |
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Nationality | British |
Education | BA, MA, PhD |
Occupation(s) | Islamic studies scholar, author academic |
Television | Press TV, Ahlulbayt TV, HadiTV, Sahar TV |
Masterton was born to a Christian family. She converted to Islam in 1999 and became a Shia Muslim in 2003.[1][2][3]She moved to London at the age of eighteen. She attended the School of Oriental and African Studies London, and received a BA in Japanese, an MA in Comparative East Asian and African Literature, and a PhD in francophone and Islamic mystical literature of West Africa.[4][5]
Masterton's academic work focuses on West African Sufism, Shia spirituality, colonialism, and modernity. She has previously taught at Birkbeck College and the University of London.[3]
She has appeared on Iranian Islamic media programs by Sahar TV, Press TV, HadiTV, and on the British Shia broadcaster Ahlulbayt TV.[3]
Masterton is also a senior lecturer at The Islamic College in London.[6]
She has also published her book of short stories Passing Through the Dream... To the Other Side.[3]
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