Albert Kudsizadeh was born in Baghdad of Iranian ancestry. He completed his secondary education in Kokomo, Indiana and received his PhD from Indiana University specializing in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, followed by one year of study at Lund University in Sweden. He taught at the University of Wisconsin--Stevens Point, Concordia University, Dawson College and at the Institute of Islamic Studies of McGill University in Montreal. He was also a Visiting Professor at the University of Haifa. He has lectured and published numerous academic papers in his field. He is now retired and lives partly in Montreal and Boca Raton with his wife Dale where he enjoys time with their grandchildren....