# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vali-nasr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:56:06.390Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vali-nasr"
name: "Vali Nasr"
slug: "vali-nasr"
description: "Vali Reza Nasr is an Iranian-American academic and political scientist, specializing in Middle Eastern studies and the history of Islam. He is Majid Khaddouri Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C. He served as the eighth dean of the school from 2012 to 2019. Nasr is also a non-resident senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and has been described by The Economist as \"a leading world authority on Shia Islam\"."
tagline: "Iranian-American academic and author (born 1960)"
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country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1960-12-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump