In this special author podcast, we tap into the richly diverse life and work of Professor Joel Hayward, a man whose wide-reaching expertise stretches across his roles as an academic, a poet, a fiction writer, a shaykh and a strategy adviser.

The professor of Strategic Thought at the National Defense College of the UAE and former Dean of the Royal Air Force College in the UK openly discusses his unexpected route to Islam, the human relatiionship with war, and his creative response to grief and loss. We also dive into his groundbreaking book, ‘The Leadership of Muhammad : An historical reconstruction’, as well as lifting the page on his social and historial fiction, and deeply personal poetry published with Claritas.

Presenter: Remona Aly
Producer: Thomas Glasser

Titles by this author

• The Leadership of Muhammad (2021)
• The Savage (2020)
• Pain and Passing (2019)