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About Ismail Poonawala
- Ismail Kurban Husein Poonawala (born January 7, 1937) is a professor of Arabic at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (NELC) 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.
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