# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/talal-asad
# Generated: 2026-09-07T21:55:51.962Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/talal-asad"
name: "Talal Asad"
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description: "Talal Asad is a Saudi-born British cultural anthropologist who is currently Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His prolific body of work mainly focuses on religiosity, Middle Eastern studies, postcolonialism, and notions of power, law, and discipline. He is also known for his writing calling for an anthropology of secularism."
tagline: "Anthropologist at the CUNY Graduate Center"
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birthDate: "1932"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump