Faiz Ahmed

Associate Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History

Faiz Ahmed is the Joukowsky Family Distinguished Associate Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at Brown University. He specializes in the late Ottoman Empire; legal and constitutional history; and the interconnectivity of modern world regions and area studies, from the Middle East and South Asia to the Americas. Ahmed’s first book, Afghanistan Rising: Islamic Law and Statecraft between the Ottoman and British Empires, was awarded the American Historical Association’s John Richards Prize in 2018. His published academic articles span journals of law, history, Middle East studies, and Global South studies, with featured interviews including national radio to history channels and local news, such as NPR’s Throughline, The Boston Globe, Ottoman History Podcast, and ABC6 RI News.