Moin Qazi is a well known banker, author and journalist. He holds doctorates in Economics and English. He received an Honorary DLitt at the World Congress of Poets in Istanbul in 1991. He is author of several books on Islam including bestselling biographies of the Prophet Muhammad and the Caliph Umar. He writes regularly for several international publications and was Visiting Fellow at the University of Manchester. He is also a recipient of UNESCO World Politics Essay Gold Medal and Rotary International’s Vocational Excellence Award. He is based in Nagpur and can be reached at [email protected].