Hamid Dabashi is Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in the City of New York, where he teaches Comparative Literature, World Cinema, and Postcolonial Theory. His latest books include: After Savagery: Gaza, Genocide, and the Illusion of Western Civilization (2025); Iran in Revolt: Revolutionary Aspirations in a Post-Democratic World (2025); The Persian Prince: The Rise and Resurrection of an Imperial Archetype (2023); The Future of Two Illusions: Islam after the West (2022); Reversing the Colonial Gaze: Persian Travelers Abroad (2020). His books and essays have been translated into many languages.