page_title: Seyyed Hossein Nasr
section_title: Return to the West
hierarchical_section_title: Seyyed Hossein Nasr / Biography / Return to the West
caption_attribution_description: English: Seyyed Hossein Nasr فارسی: سید حسین نصر
context_page_description: Seyyed Hossein Nasr is an Iranian professor emeritus of Islamic studies at George Washington University, and an Islamic philosopher. He is the author of scholarly books and articles.
  Nasr speaks and writes on subjects such as philosophy, religion, spirituality, music, art, architecture, science, literature, civilizational dialogues, and the natural environment. He has also written two books of poetry and has been described as a "polymath".
context_section_description: Upon his return to the west, Nasr took up positions at University of Edinburgh, Temple University, and since 1984 has been at The George Washington University where he is now a full-time University Professor of Islamic Studies.
  Nasr helped with the planning and expansion of Islamic and Iranian studies academic programs in several universities such as Princeton, the University of Utah, and the University of Southern California.
  He was an advisor for the award-winning, PBS-broadcast documentary Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet (2002), produced by Unity Productions Foundation.
caption: Nasr in 2002
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