Eric Winkel
Eric Alexander Winkel is an Islamic scholar focusing on Ibn al-ʻArabī’s teaching. He studied the Futuhat al-Makiyya for over 33 years. During his tenure as senior research fellow at the International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) in Malaysia, he started to explore correlations between Islam and modern sciences and laid the groundwork for the connections between Ibn ‘Arabi’s vision and new directions in physics and mathematics. Since then, he has dedicated his life to the translation of the monumental Futūḥāt al-Makkīyah (The Openings Revealed in Makkah) into English.
