Francesco Alfonso Leccese is a specialist in contemporary Sufism with a focus on the Arab world. He obtained his MA in Arab-Islamic Studies (2004) and his PhD in Studies on Near East and Maghreb (2007) both from Università degli Studi di Napoli ‟L'Orientale”, Naples (Italy). He has taught History of the Islamic Countries at Università della Tuscia, Viterbo (2008-2011), History of the Mediterranean Countries at Università della Calabria, Cosenza (2009-2010) and of History of the Islamic countries at Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Caserta (2012-2013). Presently he is lecturer in Culture and Society of the Arab Language Countries at Università degli Studi Internazionali, Rome (2011-2018). Here are some of his last published works: “A Sudanese Sufi Order in the Digital Age.” ARIA Annual Review of Islam in Africa, Centre for Contemporary Islam. University of Cape Town, n 10, 2008-2009, pp. 28-30; “The New Arab Mass-Media vehicles of Democracy? Interview with Fatima Mernissi,” Oriente Moderno, vol. XXV, n. 2 (2006), pp. 345-356.
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