In memoriam: ‘Sonia’ Nourin Shah-Kazemi

Author Biography

• Mohamed M. Keshavjee, The Institute of Ismaili Studies

  Mohamed M. Keshavjee is a South African-born lawyer called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn in 1969. He completed his LLM at London University and his PhD at SOAS with a focus on Islamic Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). He has practised law in Kenya, Canada and the United Kingdom. His first book, Islam, Sharia and Alternative Dispute Resolution, deals with how Muslims engage with sharia, customary practices and the laws of the United Kingdom. In 2016, he was awarded the Gandhi, King, Ikeda Peace Award by the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia, for his work on peace and human rights education.