Ismail Poonawala
Ismail Kurban Husein Poonawala is a professor of Arabic at the University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures of over 30 years. Poonawala was born in 1937 in Godhra, India. He is a specialist in Ismaili studies.
Professor Poonawala's formal education includes M.A.s from University of Bombay and Cairo along with a Ph.D. from UCLA.
