YASIN T. AL-JIBOURI
Writer, Published Author of 82 Books and of numerous essays, articles and researches, Editor, Including Translations of the Holy Qur'an, Translator of Many Books and Simultaneous Interpreter
EDUCATION: Earned his graduate degree in English from (then) Atlanta University (now Clark Atlanta University), Atlanta, Georgia, on December 20, 1978.
* Mentioned twice by Harvard University in its report titled "Islam in America" the Internet Link for which is:
http://www.pluralism.org/religion/islam/timeline/america
* His most recent production is a book titled THE BATTLE OF THE CAMEL in 480 pages in two editions, one in full color and the other in black-and-white. CreateSpace has published in coordination with "YASIN PUBLICATIONS".
* Co-edited and wrote for GILGAMESH magazine of Dar al-Mamoon, publishing house of the Iraqi Ministry of Culture, as well as for Iraqi Translator bulletin of the same Dar.
* Wrote, edited and translated a total of 82 books and other publications (up to October 31, 2016), many of which are now being marketed in the following 76 countries: Albania, Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Burundi, Canada, Czech Republic, China, Colombia, Denmark, Estonia, European Union, France, Gabon, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guyana, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Isle of Man, Latvia, Israel (Occupied Palestine), Italy, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Micronesia, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, St. Helena, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Sweden, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tuvalu, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (British), Wallis and Futuna Islands and Western Samoa. A PDF file is available for each web site in these countries that markets these books or posts electronic editions of them for free download, and al-Jibouri be glad to send it to you upon request.
* Edited and revised three English translations of the Holy Qur'an two of which have already been published: 1) one by Mir Ahmed Ali and 2) the other by M.H. Shakir, and presently is working on a new English translation of the Holy Qur'an of his own. According to Amazon, which markets them globally, 80% of the readers who have bought Shakir's English translation of the Holy Qur'an which al-Jibouri edited have given it a FIVE-STAR rating. He has also contributed to numerous newsletters and magazines, including Middle East Business Magazine of which he became Senior Editor.
Among the books he edited are:
1. Socio-Economic Justice with Particular Reference to Nahjul-Balagha by Dr. S.M. Waseem,
2. A Biography of Leaders of Islam by Sayyid Ali Naqi Naqwi, English translation by Dr. Sayyid Nazir Hasan Zaidi,
3. Your Kalima and the Savior by Wajahat Hussain
* Translated The Truth About the Shi'ah Ithna Asheri Faith by Asad Wahid al-Qasim
* First person ever to translate works of the martyred economist Imam Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr such as:
1) Contemporary Man and the Social Problem,
2) A General Outlook at Rituals,
3) The General Bases of Banking in the Muslim Society, and
4) What Do You Know About Islamic Economics?
* Translated and/or published numerous titles; among them are:
1) A Biography of Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr,
2) The Form of Islamic Government and Wilayat al-Faqeeh,
3) About the World Political Situation From a Muslim's Viewpoint,
4) Our Faith by Sayyid Muhammad Husain al-Jalali,
5) A Biography of Imam al-Ridha by the late Shaikh Muhammad Jawad Fadlallah,
in addition to a large number of political tracts, pamphlets, translations, and newsletters.
* Translated the following:
1) The first four volumes of the series titled Al-Islam Risalatuna,
2) Al-Muraja`at: A Shi`i-Sunni Dialogue, the first authentic English translation of Al-Muraja'at by Imam Sayyid Sharafuddeen Sadrud-Deen al-Musawi,
3) Al-Shi`a hum Ahl al-Sunnah by Dr. Muhammad al-Tijani al-Samawi,
4) Al-Maqtal (the martyrdom epic of Imam Husain) by Abd al-Razzaq al-Muqarram's book.
* Also translated the following titles originally authored in Arabic by a Lebanese university professor named Rachad el-Moussaoui who removed the Translator's name from ALL the titles below:
1) Best Month, Best Night;
2) The Book of Istikhara;
3) Weapon of the Prophets;
4) Miracles of the Holy Qur'an; and
5) The Great Names of Allah (Asmaa' Allah al-Husna).
* Translated 2 books by the late Grand Ayatullah Muhammed al-Shirazi:
1) Canon: A Glimpse at the Islamic Law,
2) The Pathway to an Islamic Revival
* Wrote articles for Islamic Monitor, bulletin of the Islamic Research & Information Center
* Recently publishing the following titles:
1. Kashf al-Reeba an Ahkam al-Gheeba (removing doubt from gheeba [backbiting] rulings) by the First Martyr, Sheikh Taqi ad-Din Ibrahim son of Ali al-`Amili
2. Pretension and Conceit by Sayyid Ahmad al-Fahri
3. Uswat al-Arifeen by Mahmoud al-Badri
4. Amicable Companionship: Marriage and Divorce, Obligations, Rights and Mannerisms by Sayyid Mahdi al-Ameen
5. Khums for the main U.S. representative office of Iraq's highest religious authority Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Seestani in Dearborn, Michigan
* Wrote nine books:
1) Volume One of his autobiography titled Memoirs of a Shi`a Missionary in America: Two Decades of Da`wah,
2) Fast of the Month of Ramadan: Philosophy and Ahkam,
3) Kerbala and Beyond: An Epic of Immortal Heroism
4) The Ninety-Nine Attributes of Allah,
5) Mary and Jesus in Islam,
6) Allah: The Concept of God in Islam (2 Volumes),
7) Muhammed: The Messenger of Peace and Tolerance,
8) Ghadir Khumm: Where Islam was Perfected, and
9) Stages of Life Hereafter According to Islam
Founded the Islamic Society of Georgia, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) in 1973, the Islamic Revival Movement in 1980, the International Islamic Society of Virginia, Inc. in 1982, and the Iraq News Monitor in 1992. Edited Islamic Affairs from January 1974 till June 1989
