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Iain R. Edgar
Iain Edgar (born 1948) is a social anthropologist at Durham University. He is a leading expert in the field of dreams and dreaming, and a specialist in altered states of consciousness and mental health. Starting his career in social work, dr. Edgar received a PhD from the University of Keele, where he studied under Prof. R. Frankenberg. His thesis Dreamwork, Anthropology and the Caring Professions: A Cultural Approach to Dreamwork discusses a wide range of psychodynamic possibilities and develops a method to work with dreams within a professional care environment.

Over the last seven years, Dr. Edgar developed a keen interest in the role and function of the dream in Islam. He focussed on Sufi dreaming, Istikhara and the role dreaming played in jihadist terrorist action. His recent book, The Dream In Islam: From Qur'anic Tradition to Jihadist Interpretation is an important contribution to the understanding of the Islamic way of life and the importance of dreams in Muslim's every day life.

Dr. Edgar has extensively lectured on this subject and has given dozens of media interviews in regard of world events involving terrorism, jihadism, Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar. The last years, Dr. Edgar has given talks and workshops at the Cheltenham Book festival and Science festivals and the Winchester Arts and Mind festival. In 2011, he will partake in the Hay-on-Way "HowTheLightGetsIn" Philosophy festival.