Tamim Ansary

Afghan-American writer who wrote Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes and The Invention of Yesterday — providing accessible accounts of Islamic world history and world history through a narrative lens.

Provides the most accessible account of world history from an Islamic perspective — Destiny Disrupted's argument that Islamic civilization has its own coherent historical narrative (not simply a deviation from Western history) demonstrates to Western readers that there are multiple valid frameworks for understanding world history.