Amanda Tapp is a British-Chinese journalist and novelist. After living in Egypt and publishing her debut novel, she is currently doing her PhD in Religious Studies at McGill on medieval Islamic philosophy and mysticism with particular focus on Ibn ʿArabī and the 20th century Perennialist reception of him. She holds an MA from McGill’s Institute of Islamic Studies, an MA from King’s College London in War Studies, and a BA in Sociology with a minor in Literature from the Claremont Colleges.

To see her paper published in Religions journal on Munājāt and Ibn ʿArabī’s Unity of Being: https://www.mdpi.com/2308118
To see her MA thesis at McGill’s Institute of Islamic Studies now on the McGill E-database:
https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/papers/6h441039k?locale=en
“Fay” is now available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Fay-Amanda-Tapp/dp/B0BMT7LMD7