Dr. Hashim Al-Mahdi was born and educated in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, obtaining his PhD in the US and further qualifications in the UK. He is a fellow of the Islamic Academy, Cambridge and has been associated with the Muslim World League in various capacities for almost two and half decades, currently holding the post of International Strategies Expert.
He is, at present, a visiting professor at the University of Paris-Sorbonne, besides working on curriculum design for Dar al-Fikr secondary schools in Jeddah and working in cooperation with Umm al-Qura University in Makkah. He is the author of a number of books which have been published in Arabic, French and English.