Iljas Baker

Iljas Baker was born and raised in Scotland. He graduated from Strathclyde, Aberdeen and Edinburgh universities and now lives in Thailand where he taught at Mahidol University and was a consultant editor for FAO/UN. He practices an inclusive compassionate form of Islam as well as the spiritual exercise (latihan keiwaan) of Subud, which originated in Indonesia. He is married with a son and a daughter and two granddaughters. He has published widely in online and print journals and anthologies. A volume of his poems, Peace Be Upon Us, was published by Lote Tree Press, Cambridge, UK in 2023.