Raymond Ibrahim

aymond Ibrahim is a historian and writer of the Middle East and Islam, and author of The Al-Qaeda Reader (Doubleday, 2007). Born in the U.S. in 1973 to Coptic Egyptian parents, he was raised in a blingual environment, and is fluent in Arabic. He is currently working toward a PhD in Medieval Islamic history at Catholic University. Ibrahim's op-eds, essays, translations, and al-Qaeda related analyses have appeared in various publications and syndications.