Dr Shainool Jiwa
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Biography
Shainool Jiwa is the Head of the Department of Community Relations at The Institute of Ismaili Studies. Prior to this, she was the Coordinator of the Qur’anic Studies Unit at The IIS from 2001 to 2004. Dr Jiwa is a specialist in Fatimid history having completed her Master’s degree from McGill University and her doctorate from the University of Edinburgh.
Shainool has been involved with the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) since 1998 and has been their Chief Examiner for Islamic history since 2001. Prior to joining the Institute, Dr Jiwa worked as a counsellor and manager for Saheliya, a mental health project for Edinburgh’s ethnic minority women. She was appointed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 1998 as a part-time Commissioner for the Mental Welfare Commission in Scotland, leading to a listing in Who’s Who in Scotland, where she has been noted since its 2000 publication.
She is at present working on annotated translations of al-Maqrizi’s and Imad al-Din Idris’ writings on the Fatimid Imam-caliph al-Mu’izz li-din Allah.
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