Bernard Lewis, cunoscut istoric britanic specializat in studii orientale, profesor de istorie la University of London si la Princeton University. A scris numeroase lucrari, dintre care mentionam bestsellerul What Went Wrong? Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response (2002), From Babel to Dragomans. Interpreting the Middle East (2004), Political Words and Ideas in Islam (2009) si The End of Modern History in the Middle East (2011). Cartile sale au fost traduse in peste 20 de limbi, inclusiv araba, persana, turca si indoneziana.