Islam Issa

Islam Issa
Nationality British
Fields History, Literary Criticism, Sports
Alma mater University of Birmingham

Islam Issa is a British scholar and award-winning author.[1] Issa has been described by The Guardian as a "football analyst, academic, and players’ agent".[2] He is Lecturer in the School of English at Birmingham City University.[3]

Career

In 2012, according to The Observer, Issa disclosed that two Egyptian soccer stars believed that the Port Said Stadium riot was planned.[4]

In 2016, Issa's research into World War I revealed that “at least 885,000 Muslims were recruited by the Allies”,[5] with the Discovery Channel noting that “Issa more than doubled the previously estimated figure of 400,000 soldiers after trawling through thousands of personal letters, historic archives, regimental diaries and census reports”.[6] The findings came as he was curating the “first exhibition devoted to the Islamic contribution to World War I”.[7]

Issa's public speeches include a TEDx talk with the title “How not to be ignorant”[8] and a talk on behalf of the British Embassy at the International Arab Film Festival.[9]

Publications

References

  1. ↑ "Watch "How not to be ignorant | Islam Issa | TEDxAylesbury" Video at TEDxTalks". TEDxTalks. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
  2. ↑ Kingsley, Patrick (2015-02-13). "Death of Zamalek fans in riot stirs political conspiracies in Egypt". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
  3. ↑ "School of English : Dr Islam Issa". www.bcu.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
  4. ↑ Doward, Jamie (2012-02-04). "Egyptian police incited massacre at stadium, say angry footballers". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
  5. ↑ McKinney, Emma (2016-01-27). "New research reveals almost 900,000 Muslims fought in WWI". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
  6. ↑ Lorenzi, Rossella. "800K Muslim Soldiers Served in WWI". Discovery Channel Communications. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
  7. ↑ Oliphant, Vickiie (25 January 2016). "Allies 'recruited 885,000 Muslim troops'". the i Newspaper. p. 11.
  8. ↑ TEDx Talks (2015-06-08), How not to be ignorant | Islam Issa | TEDxAylesbury, retrieved 2016-08-15
  9. ↑ "Shakespeare Magazine on Twitter". Retrieved 2016-08-15.
  10. ↑ Issa, Islam (2016-10-25). Milton in the Arab-Muslim World. S.l.: Routledge. ISBN 9781472484802.
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