Iqbal Jhazbhay
Ambassador Prof. Iqbal Jhazbhay is South Africa's former Ambassador to the State of Eritrea (2012-2016). Currently, he holds a Full Professorship at the University of South Africa and was the previous Director of the Unisa Centre for Arabic and Islamic Studies. He was awarded a PhD in International Relations from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa and, studied Arabic and Islamic sciences in Cairo, Riyadh, Manchester and Johannesburg.
He is viewed by scholars, as South Africa's leading scholarly and policy expert on the Horn of Africa. Currently, under research is a book with the title: Why Has the Eritrean State Not Collapsed?
His research interests include studies on Somaliland and Somalia, South African Islam, Sufism, Political Islam, South African foreign policy towards North Africa and the Middle East, international Relations and Islam. For the past four years and three months, he followed closely the literature on Eritrea.
He was a visiting scholar at Princeton University's Department of Near Eastern Studies and London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies. He is author of a book on Somaliland, which was hailed as ''highly-orginal''.
He has authored the book, ''Somaliland: An African struggle for nationhood and international recognition'', some twenty-two academic articles and chapters on Islamic thought, Somaliland and South African foreign policy.
He is a member of the board of directors of the Institute for Global Dialogue –an International Relations think-tank established by former President Nelson Mandela. Served on the ANC's NEC Sub-Committee of International Relations, its newly-formed International Relations Rapid Response Task Team and chaired the ANC's Sudan Task Team. He previously served on the ANC's Commission for Religious Affairs. He was elected as Rapporteur of the ANC's International Solidarity Conference (2012).
Specialties: International Relations, Islamic Studies, South African Foreign Policy.
He is viewed by scholars, as South Africa's leading scholarly and policy expert on the Horn of Africa. Currently, under research is a book with the title: Why Has the Eritrean State Not Collapsed?
His research interests include studies on Somaliland and Somalia, South African Islam, Sufism, Political Islam, South African foreign policy towards North Africa and the Middle East, international Relations and Islam. For the past four years and three months, he followed closely the literature on Eritrea.
He was a visiting scholar at Princeton University's Department of Near Eastern Studies and London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies. He is author of a book on Somaliland, which was hailed as ''highly-orginal''.
He has authored the book, ''Somaliland: An African struggle for nationhood and international recognition'', some twenty-two academic articles and chapters on Islamic thought, Somaliland and South African foreign policy.
He is a member of the board of directors of the Institute for Global Dialogue –an International Relations think-tank established by former President Nelson Mandela. Served on the ANC's NEC Sub-Committee of International Relations, its newly-formed International Relations Rapid Response Task Team and chaired the ANC's Sudan Task Team. He previously served on the ANC's Commission for Religious Affairs. He was elected as Rapporteur of the ANC's International Solidarity Conference (2012).
Specialties: International Relations, Islamic Studies, South African Foreign Policy.
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