The NURJ

Rizwanul Islam is an aspiring academic and researcher focused on Islam and South Asia. He is pursuing a major in Communication with minors in Middle East Studies and History. Rizwanul has worked as a research assistant on multiple academic projects and was awarded with a one-year research fellowship by the Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South. Multilingual in Bengali, English, Hindi-Urdu, Arabic, and Turkish, he combines his passion for languages with a deep interest in antiques, which informs both his research and personal pursuits.