Joel Hayward | |
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Nationality | New Zealand |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Canterbury |
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Main interests | War and strategy; airpower, joint warfare, Quranic (Islamic) concepts of war, Islamic history. |
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Website | www |
Joel Hayward (born 1964) FRHistS FRSA is a New Zealand-born British scholar, academic and writer.[1] He has been listed in the 2023, 2024 and 2025 editions of The World's 500 Most Influential Muslims.[2][3] He has been the Dean of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell and is now the Chief Executive of the Cambridge Muslim College in the United Kingdom.[4]
He is best known for his published books and articles on strategic and security matters, including the use of air power, his 2003 biography of Horatio Lord Nelson, his writing and teaching on the Islamic concepts of war, strategy and conflict, his Sirah works on Muhammad, and his works of fiction and poetry.[5][6] He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.[7][4][8] One of his most recent books, The Leadership of Muhammad: A Historical Reconstruction, was chosen as the Best International Non-Fiction Book at the 2021 Sharjah International Book Awards.[9][10][11] He was tutor to Prince William of Wales, the heir apparent to the British throne.[12][13][14]
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