Farish A. Noor

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Dr. Farish A. Noor (also Dr. Badrol Hisham Ahmad-Noor)is a Malaysian author and researcher currently attached to Zentrum Moderner Orient (Centre for Modern Oriental Studies) in Berlin, Germany. He is also a senior fellow at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

Dr. Noor's teaching credits include the Centre for Civilisational Dialogue, University of Malaya and the Institute for Islamic Studies, Free University Berlin.

Farish A. Noor's blog articles comment upon, attempt to interpret, and build bridges over the conflict between Islam and Judeo-Christian cultures. The perspectives Dr. Noor expresses give his writing a reasoned tone, not favoring either side, but instead analyzing how the sides fail to communicate and accept each other.

Farish has also appeared in the semi-documentary film The Big Durian, directed by Amir Muhammad.

[edit] Publications

Terrorising the Truth, The Shaping of Contemporary Images of Islam and Muslims in Media, Politics and Culture
Writings on the War on Terror
Kafirs R' Us: Why we need to think beyond the Muslim-Kafir divide
The Other Malaysia
Spirit of Wood: The Art of Malay Woodcarving