Noah Salomon is the Irfan and Noreen Galaria Research Chair and Associate Professor in Islamic Studies at the University of Virginia. His work sits at the intersections of Islamic practice, knowledge, and the production of political belongings in the Middle East and North Africa. His first book, For Love of the Prophet: An Ethnography of Sudan’s Islamic State (Princeton University Press, 2016), is the recipient of the 2017 Albert Hourani Prize from the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) as well as the 2017 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in Analytical-Descriptive Studies from the American Academy of Religion.