Ali Rahnema

Ali Rahnema (Persian: علی رهنما‎‎) is an Iranian economist and historian. He is a professor of economics at the American University of Paris, and director of its MA program in Middle East and Islamic studies.

Rahnema has a BA from Lewis and Clark College, MA and MALD degrees from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University, and a Doctorat de Troisième Cycle from the Université de Paris I - Sorbonne.

• Superstition as Ideology in Iranian Politics: From Majlesi to Ahmadinejad (Cambridge Middle East Studies), 2011
• An Islamic Utopian: A Political Biography of Ali Shariati. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1998.
• The Pioneers of Islamic Revival, ed. (New Edition with Major New Introduction by the Editor) Zed Books, 2005. Malaysian Edition 2006. Indonesian Translation
• Islamic Economic Systems, Zed Books, 1994. Co-Author, F. Nomani. Malaysian edition 1995. Bosnian Translation
• The Secular Miracle: Religion, Politics and Economic Policy in Iran, Zed Books, 1990. Co-Author, F. Nomani