About this Event
Tharik Hussain is an award-winning author, historian and travel writer whose latest book Muslim Europe; a Journey in Search of a Fourteen Hundred Year History has been described as ‘perspective-shattering’ by The Bookseller magazine, ‘fascinating’ by both the Times Literary Supplement and the Telegraph, and ‘vital’ and ‘important’ by historian William Dalrymple.
His previous book Minarets in the Mountains, was longlisted for the biggest award in non-fiction, the Baillie Gifford Prize, shortlisted for the Stanford Travel Book of the Year, and won the British Guild of Travel Writers’ Adele Evans Award. Tharik is also the author of the groundbreaking new guidebook, Muslim Britain & Ireland; a Travel Guide to Sites of Islamic Heritage and Culture (Bradt Guides, October 2026) - the very first guidebook to the Islamic heritage of the British Isles.
He has written for newspapers and magazines like The Times, The Guardian, Telegraph, and National Geographic Traveler, and broadcast media such as Al Jazeera and the BBC. For the latter, he produced award-winning radio on America’s Mosques. Tharik has also contributed to more than 15 Lonely Planet guides and publications including those on Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Thailand, London and Britain and developed the UK’s first Muslim heritage trails in Woking, Surrey.
He is also a fellow at the Centre for Religion and Heritage at the University of Groningen, Netherlands and an advisor to religious and cultural institutes across the globe. Tharik’s books have been translated into several major languages including Chinese, German, Turkish, Italian and Arabic.
Social media:
Insta: @tharik_hussain
X: @_tharikhussain
FB: https://www.facebook.com/TharikHussainAuthor/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tharikhussain/
Website: www.tharikhussain.co.uk
Come and meet the author at Walthamstow Library and enjoy a talk with him, along with Q's & A's.
Copies of Tharik's books will be available for sale on the day, so why not get your hands on a signed copy!
FREE ADULT EVENT - Book your place.
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Walthamstow Library, High Street, London, United Kingdom
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