Kevin Blankinship
is Assistant Professor of Arabic at Brigham Young University. He teaches Arabic language and literature, Islam, and the Qur'an. A specialist in classical Arabic literature, his current book project is about the blind poet al-Ma'arri and the literary history of
zuhd
. His work has benefited from grants by the Fulbright-Hays Program, Southern Denmark University, and the University of Utah. In addition to scholarship, Dr. Blankinship reviews books and comments on Middle Eastern culture for general audiences, writes original English language poetry, and works as a freelance translator.
