Khaled A. Beydoun is an associate professor of law at Arizona State University, and an extraordinary professor at the University of the Western Cape. His scholarship focuses on Islamophobia, civil liberties, constitutional law, and racial injustice. His acclaimed books include American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear (2018) and The New Crusades: Islamophobia and the Global War on Muslims (2024), the latter offering a sweeping, global legal perspective on anti-Muslim prejudice. In February 2025, he released Eyes on Gaza: Witnessing Annihilation, a collection of essays and art that chronicles the genocide unfolding in Gaza in real time, melding personal narrative with analysis and 60 illustrations by Palestinian cartoonist Mohammad Sabaaneh. Beydoun has also been outspoken on the crises in Sudan and Congo, raising awareness for global humanitarian struggles.