Jörg Matthias Determann is an Associate Professor of History at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar. He is also an Associate Editor of the Review of Middle East Studies and Book Review Editor of the Journal of Arabian Studies.
He holds a doctorate from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and two master’s degrees from the University of Vienna. He is the author of four books including Islam, Science Fiction and Extraterrestrial Life and Space Science and the Arab World.