Ebrahim Rasool
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EBRAHIM RASOOL, FORMER AMBASSADOR of South Africa to the United States and Georgetown University’s distinguished scholar-in-residence. Ambassador of South Africa from 2010 until early 2015, he joined the Al Waleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (CMCU), housed in Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service. Rasool will spend his 15 months at Georgetown working on a book about re-imagining Islam, mentoring students and speaking to members of the university community about his experience. prior to his ambassadorship, Rasool served from 2004 to 2008 as premier of South Africa’s Western Cape province, which includes Cape Town as its capital, governing as a member of the African National Congress. He became a special advisor to South African president Kgalema Motlanthe in 2008 and 2009, and was later elected to parliament in the National Assembly, where he served until 2010.