Yahya Birt
Yahya Birt is a British-American writer and academic who is currently a doctoral candidate at Leeds University in the UK.
He is the son of John Birt, former Director-General of the BBC. A convert to Islam, his academic research is focused on contemporary Islam in general, and British Islam in particular. Birt's commentary has been cited in a number of newspapers, including the Guardian, the Economist, the Intercept, and The Muslim News. The Economist describes Birt as "an influential British Muslim."
