About Ismail Poonawala
Born 1937. Ismail Poonawala is an Indian university teacher, arabist and islamicist.
Ismail Kurban Husein Poonawala (born January 7, 1937) is an Indian professor of Arabic at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (NELC) of over 30 years. Poonawala was born in 1937 in Godhra, India. He is a specialist in Ismaili studies.
Professor Poonawala's formal education includes M.A.s from University of Mumbai and Cairo along with a Ph.D. from UCLA.
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Who is Ismail Poonawala?
Indian professor of Arabic (born 1937)
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Ismail Poonawala was born on 7 January 1937.
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Ismail Poonawala is a university teacher, arabist and islamicist.
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Ismail Poonawala is Indian.
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