Cyrus Ali Zargar
Al-Ghazali Distinguished Professor of Islamic Studies (University of Central Florida)
| Degrees: | PhD (University of California, Berkeley) |
| Email: | Cyrus.Zargar@ucf.edu |
Dr. Cyrus Ali Zargar is Al-Ghazali Distinguished Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Central Florida. Zargar’s research interests focus on the literature of medieval Sufism in Arabic and Persian. This includes metaphysical, aesthetic, and ethical intersections between Sufism and Islamic philosophy. His recent book publications include The Polished Mirror: Storytelling and the Pursuit of Virtue in Islamic Philosophy and Sufism (2017), as well as Religion of Love: Sufism and Self-Transformation in the Poetic Imagination of ʿAṭṭār (2024). He has also published in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Iranian Studies, The Muslim World, and the Journal of Religion & Film, among other venues.